Multi-model assessment of global hydropower and cooling water discharge potential under climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 156-170

  van Vliet, M T H ^a,b   van Beek, L P H ^c   Eisner, S ^d   Florke M ^d   Wada, Y ^b,c,e,f   Bierkens, M F P ^c,g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^g DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cooling water; Global hydrological models; Hydropower; Water resources; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING WATER; DISCHARGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STREAMFLOW; THERMAL POWER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982791084     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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