Hydrologic sensitivity of Indian sub-continental river basins to climate change

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 139, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-96

  Mishra, Vimal ^a   Lilhare, Rajtantra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic Sensitivity; Runoff; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CONTINENTAL BASINS; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGIC SENSITIVITY; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

GANGES BASIN; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 84955285700     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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