Assessment of the impacts of global climate change and regional water projects on streamflow characteristics in the Geum River Basin in Korea

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Soojun ^a   Noh, Huiseong ^b   Jung, Jaewon ^c   Jun, Hwandon ^d   Kim, Hung Soo ^e  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c Seoul Institute   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Streamflow; Water projects; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RAIN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS; WEIRS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; WATER PROJECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

KUM BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

GEUM;

EID: 84964335030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8030091     Document Type: Article

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