Climate Variability and Change-Hydrological Impacts

FRIEND, an initiative of the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, brings together research and operational hydrologists, water users and policy makers. This volume from the Fifth International FRIEND conference held in Havana, Cuba, publishes ~120 papers from over 30 countries. It reflects both the international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century. The papers focus on: Data: databases; networks; GIS; Hydrological extremes: low flow prediction and forecasting, flood prediction and forecasting, rainfall-runoff modelling; Hydro-climatology: precipitation variability and prediction, teleconnections, climate change and impacts, trends; and Ecosystems: in-stream ecology, flood plains, water quality, sediments, groundwater, water balance, soils and land cover.

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