An integrated Hydrological Model for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of the Upper Po River Basin

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1193-1215

  Ravazzani, Giovanni ^a   Barbero, Secondo ^b   Salandin, Alessio ^b   Senatore, Alfonso ^c   Mancini, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological impact; Integrated model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED MODELING; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84925541790     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0868-8     Document Type: Article

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