Estimating uncertainty and its temporal variation related to global climate models in quantifying climate change impacts on hydrology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 556, Issue , 2018, Pages 10-24

  Shen, Mingxi ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Zhuan, Meijia ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,b   Xiong, Lihua ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global climate model; Hydrology; Temporal variation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FOURTH ORDER POLYNOMIAL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOW EMISSION SCENARIOS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; PERIODICITY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85033470171     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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