Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Bodies: Quantitative Aspects

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-306

  Portoghese, Ivan ^a   Bruno, Emanuela ^a   Dumas, Patrice ^b   Guyennon, Nicolas ^c   Hallegatte, Stéphane ^d   Hourcade, Jean Charles ^e   Nassopoulos, Hypatia ^e   Pisacane, Giovanna ^f   Struglia, Maria Vittoria ^f   Vurro, Michele ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation of water resources; Climate change impacts on hydrology; Coupling of climate and hydrological models; Downscaling of climate model output; Water resources evaluation under climate change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944581939     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5781-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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