Water resources response to changes in temperature, rainfall and CO2 concentration: A first approach in NW Spain

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3049-3067

  Arias, Ricardo ^a   Rodríguez Blanco, M Luz ^a   Taboada Castro, M Mercedes ^a   Nunes, Joao Pedro ^b   Keizer, Jan Jacob ^b   Taboada Castro, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Nw spain; SWAT; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN;

INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NW SPAIN; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RURAL CATCHMENTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84920931954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6103049     Document Type: Article

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