Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3027-3041

  Phi Hoang, Long ^a   Lauri, Hannu ^b   Kummu, Matti ^c   Koponen, Jorma ^b   Vliet, Michelle T H Van ^a   Supit, Iwan ^a   Leemans, Rik ^a   Kabat, Pavel ^a,d   Ludwig, Fulco ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIA Finland Ltd   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SALINIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84980016035     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3027-2016     Document Type: Article

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