A framework for assessing hydrological regime sensitivity to climate change in a convective rainfall environment: A case study of two medium-sized eastern Mediterranean catchments, Israel

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 567-581

  Peleg, N ^a   Shamir, E ^b   Georgakakos, K P ^b,c   Morin, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; STREAMFLOW PATTERNS;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; OCEANIC CONVECTION; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84921928154     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-567-2015     Document Type: Article

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