Multi-model ensemble analysis of runoff extremes for climate change impact assessments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 352-361

  Najafi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Moradkhani, Hamid ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical; Bayesian model averaging; Climate change; Extreme events; Multi modeling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; RUNOFF; WIND;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EXTREME EVENTS; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; MULTI MODEL; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXTREME EVENT; INFILTRATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84927640926     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.045     Document Type: Article

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