River water temperature in the United Kingdom: Changes over the 20th century and possible changes over the 21st century

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-92

  Hannah, David M ^a   Garner, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; controls and processes; review; river stream temperature; spatial and temporal heterogeneity; thermal dynamics; UK; water temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922780591     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133314550669     Document Type: Article

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