Assessing the effects of land cover and future climate conditions on the provision of hydrological services in a medium-sized watershed of Portugal

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 720-738

  Carvalho Santos, Claudia ^a,b,c   Nunes, João Pedro ^c   Monteiro, António T ^b   Hein, Lars ^d   Honrado, João Pradinho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Future climate; Hydrological services; Land cover scenarios; RCP 4.5 scenario; SWAT; Vez watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; FLOODS; NITRATES; SOILS; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES; LAND COVER; RCP 4.5 SCENARIO; SWAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; WATERSHED;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84958114494     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10621     Document Type: Article

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