title: Hydrological simulations in the Rhine basin.
abstract: Simulations with regional climate models (RCMs), carried out for the Rhine basin, have been analyzed in the context of implications of the possible future discharge of the Rhine river. In a first analysis, the runoff generated by the RCMs is compared to observations, in order to detect the way the RCMs treat anomalies in precipitation in their land surface component. A second analysis is devoted to the frequency distribution of area averaged precipitation, and the impact of selection of various driving global climate models.
authors.affiliation: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), PO Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands. hurkvd@knmi.nl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Hurk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beersma
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lenderink
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D005060:Europe; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D045483:Rivers; D012987:Soil; D014872:Water Movements
chemical_list: D012987:Soil