Assessment of climate change impact on water diversion strategies of Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 311-323

  Shrestha, Sangam ^a   Shrestha, Manish ^a   Babel, Mukand S ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BAGMATI; MELAMCHI RIVER; NEPAL;

EID: 84952029246     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1713-6     Document Type: Article

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