Impact assessment of multiple uncertainty sources on high flows under climate change

Hydrology Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-74

  Tian, Ye ^a   Xu, Yue Ping ^a   Booij, Martijn J ^b   Cao, Long ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eastern China; Extreme high flows; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RAIN;

DOWNSCALING METHODS; EASTERN CHINA; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH FLOW; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY CONTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RIVER BASIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JINHUA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84959201368     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2015.008     Document Type: Article

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