Using SimCLIM for modelling the impacts of climate extremes in a changing climate: A preliminary case study of household water harvesting in Southeast Queensland

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2583-2589

  Warrick, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b CLIMsystems Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impacts; Integrated modelling; SimCLIM; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; MAPS; RAIN; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TANKS;

CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION; INTEGRATED MODELLING; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85086252093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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