The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-239

  Alpert, Pinhas ^a   Hemming, Debbie ^b   Jin, Fengjun ^a   Kay, Gillian ^b   Kitoh, Akio ^c   Mariotti, Annarita ^d,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Global Warming; Mediterranean; Rivers; Super High Resolution Climate Model; Water budget; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045841914     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5781-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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