Hydrological assessment of proposed reservoirs in the Sonora River Basin, Mexico, under historical and future climate scenarios;Evaluation hydrologique des réservoirs proposés dans le bassin de la rivière Sonora (Mexique), sous scénarios climatiques historique et futurs

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-66

  Robles Morua, A ^a,b   Che, D ^c   Mayer, A S ^d   Vivoni, E R ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; decision support; flood control; hydrological modelling; northwest Mexico; water infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; RESERVOIR OPTIMIZATIONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR; SEASONALITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; SONORA RIVER;

EID: 84919834565     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.878462     Document Type: Article

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