Climate impact on floods: Changes in high flows in Sweden in the past and the future (1911-2100)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 771-784

  Arheimer, B ^a   Lindstrom G ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; RAIN; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ANNUAL MAXIMA; CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE IMPACTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER LATITUDES; INTENSE RAINFALLS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RIVER FLOW; SNOWMELT; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84922454346     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-771-2015     Document Type: Article

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