Dr Arthur Lutz is a hydrologist and physical geographer with a solid track record of research and consultancy experience in water resources management and hydrology. He has near 15 years of experience and is technically skilled in water resources management, hydrology, modelling, GIS and remote sensing.
In a mix of applied research and consultancy projects he contributed to and led numerous projects around the world at the cutting edge of water, food and energy security in a global change context. He has international working experience outside the EU in multiple countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa. He is skilled at conducting data analysis, modelling and scenario analysis and providing training in these topics. He has a PhD degree in climate science and hydrology from Utrecht University (2016), and provided his services to a wide range of clients including development banks, scientific and education organizations, international donors, (inter)governmental bodies and hydropower investors. He is an experienced team player used to working in international interdisciplinary teams, in roles ranging from specialist to team leader. He is author of numerous peer reviewed publications and technical reports, including key publications in his field. In FutureWater he is Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Hydrologist. Through his work he strives to contribute towards a sustainable future for our water resources around the globe.
Gerelateerde projecten
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Climate Risk Assessment for the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan
The Rogun HPP is a large project (3,780MW) under construction located on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. It will supply firm energy during the winter months when demand for electricity is the highest in Tajikistan and will allow for exports of clean electricity to the Central Asia (CA) region and...
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Climate Strategy Central and West Asia
The regional knowledge and support technical assistance project "Delivering a Climate Change Strategy for Central and West Asia" supports the delivery of a Climate Change Strategy and an Action Plan for Central and West Asia to strengthen integration of climate change considerations in Asian Development Banks (ADB) financed interventions in...
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Climate Trends and Projections for Olive Production, Andalucia, Spain
The primary goal of this research is to examine the climatic changes projected for two key regions in Andalucia, Spain, which are deemed crucial for olive production. The study analyzes trends and future projections concerning rainfall, temperature, river flows, and evapotranspiration rates, discussing their potential impacts on both the micro...
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Sustainable Water Resources Management in Mongolia
In Mongolia, the continental semi-arid to arid climate of most of the territory results in low water availability, with the southern region particularly affected by a lack of perennial rivers and reliance on fossil groundwater reservoirs, where recharge is negligible. Climate change and increasing water demand are further threatening future...
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WE-ACT: Water Efficient Allocation in a Central Asian Transboundary River Basin
The WE-ACT project’s overall goal is to demonstrate a Decision Support System (DSS) for water allocation in a Central Asian transboundary river to increase shared benefits and foster the adaptation of water resources management and planning to climate change.
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Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience in Bhutan
The goal of the Asian Development Bank project ‘Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience’ in Bhutan is to diversify Bhutan’s energy portfolio. The rationale for diversification is related to the expectation that climate change impacts on the cryosphere and hydrology in Bhutan will lead to less reliable flows, in particular outside...
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Supporting Ambitious Climate Action in Central Asia
This project aimed to support Armenia, Georgia and Uzbekistan in targeting their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) spending to help adapt to the impacts of Climate Change at three spatial levels: National, Provincial and Urban. This involved performing detailed assessments of past and future climate trends and assessing climate related risk...
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Climate Risk Assessment East-West Highway Road Project, Georgia
The government of Georgia has requested the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve the Shorapani–Argveta Road Section F4 of the E60 East-West Highway. The proposed section improvement requires the construction of 12 tunnels (6 double tubes), 14 bridges, 4 interchanges and several deep cuttings and high embankments...
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Climate Risk Assessment CAREC Road Project, Tajikistan
The Obigarm–Nurobod road section of the existing M41 highway, which carries about 3000 vehicles per day, will be inundated once the Rogun HPP reservoir has filled to operating levels. The government of Tajikistan has requested the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to construct a 72 km long road...
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Climate Risk Assessment North-South Corridor Road Project, Georgia
The government of Georgia has requested the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to progressively improve the North–South Corridor by (i) constructing a 23-km two-lane bypass road, (ii) providing adequate safety features and improving geometric alignment and (iii) providing well-designed...
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Glacio-hydrological assessment for hydropower, Mestiachala river, Georgia
The objective of this project was to develop a hydrological assessment for two potential hydropower plant locations in the Mestiachala basin in Georgia. The availability of observed river discharge data is limited. Hence the assessment was developed based on hydrological simulations of the basin using the SPHY model (Terink et...
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Thought Leader Convening on Water Towers
Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier–based water systems and, for the first time, ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities, as well as their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes. These systems, known as mountain water towers, store and...
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Supporting Adaptation Decision Making for Climate-Resilient Investments in Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to scale-up its investments in climate change adaptation in Asia and the Pacific. FutureWater is asked to support this by developing a “Good Practice Guidance” on climate-resilient infrastructure design in the water sector.
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Pan-TPE: Changes in the Pan-Third Pole Water Tower
The proposed research targets changes in climate, water supply and demand, and suitable adaptation measures for green development of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) in the river basins crossed by the SREB transect. Given the strong role of large scale hydrology in the proposed research activities, the spatial domain...
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Climate Projections and Risk Assessment for eThekwini Municipality
C40 is supporting a small set of pilot cities develop and update their climate action planning (mitigation and adaptation) to ensure it meets 1.5°C Paris agreement level of ambition. The City of Durban (eThekwini Municipality) is one of the cities participating in the pilot. Climate Adapatation Services and FutureWater together...
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Climate Resilient Water Supply System for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is upgrading and further developing its domestic water supply system in the western part of the country (Republic of Karakalpakstan). Tthe water supply system must be full climate proof in design and operations. The Green Climate Fund (through the Asian Development Bank) will be asked to finance the climate...
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Hydropower Development Assessment for the Tamakoshi River Basin
The overall objective of this project is to improve the understanding of the expected impacts of climate change on water availability in the context of potential hydropower development in the Tamakoshi River Basin. Specifically, the project aims to (i) Understand the current baseline hydrological regime of the Tamakoshi River Basin,...
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Strategic Basin Planning Ganga River Basin
De Ganges is het dichtst bevolkte stroomgebied ter wereld en is de thuisbasis van de helft van de bevolking van India, waaronder tweederde van India’s armen. Het stroomgebied bedraagt meer dan een derde van het beschikbare oppervlaktewater in India en is de focus van meer dan de helft van het nationaal watergebruik – waarvan 90...
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Training in Water Resources and Allocation Models
A Tailor-Made Training was provided to three ARAs in Mozambique, being ARA-Centro (Beira), ARA-Centro-Norte (Nampula), and ARA-Norte (Pemba). The provided Tailor-Made Training focused on learning to work with a Water Resources and Water Allocation Model, and apply them to a catchment in Mozambique. Emphasis was put on how these tools...
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Review Climate Change Hindu-Kush-Himalaya
FutureWater provided a comprehensive review study on climate change and the impacts on cryosphere, hydrological regimes and glacier lakes in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins. This review study was done in the context of future hydropower development in the region.
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HI-AWARE: Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience
HI-AWARE aims to contribute to enhanced adaptive capacities and climate resilience of the poor and vulnerable women, men, and children living in the mountains and flood plains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins. Research, including modeling, scoping studies, action research, and randomized control trials, is conducted at 12...
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Gridded Meteorological Datasets and Hydrological Modelling in the Upper Indus Basin
Understanding of the hydrological regimes in the mountainous Upper Indus basin (UIB) is essential for water resources management in the region. High-resolution gridded meteorological datasets, which capture the spatial variability of precipitation, are critical for modelling the hydrology of high-mountain regions. Improvements to existing gridded datasets using high-elevation station data...
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Development of Baseline Climate Data Set and Trend Analysis in the Mekong River Basin
In 2013 the Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative of The Mekong River Commission was developing its first report on the status of climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin. An important component of this report would be to provide information on trends in the past climate. For this a detailed...
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Climate adaptation Colombia
The 2011 floods and droughts in the Magdalena river basin triggered the Colombian government and water institutions to enforce the attention given to water security and dike safety. To improve the capacities of Colombia for adaptation of water management to climate change pilot projects were started in one small and...
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Water Availability Analysis for the Upper Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins
As part of the Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Program (HICAP) ICIMOD has contracted FutureWater to generate climate change and water availability scenarios for the upstream parts of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins based on a high resolution hydrological model that FutureWater has developed.
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Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia
To assess the water resources availability in the Central Asia region under climate change hydrological models were developed for the two major rivers in the region, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. Capacity building activities were undertaken to develop the capacity in each of the participating countries to use the...
Gerelateerde publicaties
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2023 - Asian Development Bank Report
Incorporating Climate Resilience in Urban Planning And Policy Making. Focus on Armenia, Georgia, and Uzbekistan
Beard, J.E., P. Droogers, A. Lutz
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2023 - PanTPE Project Report
An Assessment of Water-related Climate Change Impacts on the Third Pole
Kraaijenbrink, P., Immerzeel, W., Khanal, S., Lutz, A.
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2023 - Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Historical Climate Trends over High Mountain Asia Derived from ERA5 Reanalysis Data
Khanal, S., T. S. Tiwari, A.F. Lutz, B.V.D Hurk, W.W. Immerzeel
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2021 - Water Resources Research
Variable 21st Century Climate Change Response for Rivers in High Mountain Asia at Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales
Khanal, S., A.F. Lutz,, P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink, B. van den Hurk, T. Yao, W.W. Immerzeel
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2021 - FutureWater Report 222
Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience in Bhutan – Climate Risk and Adaptation Assessment
Nolet, C., A.F. Lutz.
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2019 - FutureWater Report 189
TA-9755 GEO: East-West Highway (Shorapani- Argveta Section) Project, Georgia. Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment.
Nolet, C., A.F. Lutz
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2019 - Nature Sustainability
Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain
Biemans, H., C. Siderius, A.F. Lutz, S. Nepal, B. Ahmad, T. Hassan, W. von Bloh, R.R. Wijngaard, P. Wester, A.B. Shrestha, W.W. Immerzeel
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2019 - Nature Climate Change
The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in climate-sensitive regions
Conway, D., R.J. Nicholls, S. Brown, M.G.L. Tebboth, W. Neil Adger, B. Ahmad, H. Biemans, F. Crick, A.F. Lutz, R. Safra De Campos, M. Said, C. Singh, M. Abdalla Hassan Zaroug, E. Ludi, M. New, P. Wester
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2019 - FutureWater Report 188
Glacio-hydrological Assessment for Hydropower, Mestiachala River, Georgia
Kaune, A., C. Nolet, A.F. Lutz
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2019 - FutureWater Report 182
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment North-South Corridor (Kvesheti-Kobi) Road Project, Georgia
Nolet, C., A.F. Lutz
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2019 - Atmosphere
The Impact of Meteorological and Hydrological Memory on Compound Peak Flows in the Rhine River Basin
Khanal, S., A.F. Lutz, W.W. Immerzeel, H. de Vries, N. Wanders, B. van den Hurk
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2018 - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap
Wijngaard, R.R., H. Biemans, A.F. Lutz, A.B. Shrestha, P. Wester, W.W. Immerzeel
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2018 - Regional Environmental Change
South Asian river basins in a 1.5 °C warmer world
Lutz, A.F., H.W. ter Maat, R.R. Wijngaard, H. Biemans, A. Syed, A.B. Shrestha, P. Wester, W.W. Immerzeel
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2018 - FutureWater Report 178
Updated Climate Change Projections for eThekwini Municipality
Lutz, A.F.
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2017 - PLOS ONE
Future changes in hydro-climatic extremes in the Upper Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra River basins
Wijngaard, R.R., A.F. Lutz, S. Nepal, S. Khanal, S. Pradhananga, A.B. Shrestha, W.W. Immerzeel
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2017 - Nature
Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers
Kraaijenbrink, P.D.A., M.F.P. Bierkens, A.F. Lutz, W.W. Immerzeel
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2017 - FutureWater Report 171
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment for Western Uzbekistan Water Supply
Droogers, P., A.F. Lutz, J.E. Hunink
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2017 - FutureWater Report 164
Hydrological and Climate Change Assessment for Hydropower development in the Tamakoshi River Basin, Nepal
Terink, W., W.W. Immerzeel, A.F. Lutz, P. Droogers, S. Khanal, S. Nepal, A.B. Shrestha
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2016 - Internship Report
Tailoring of climate information for the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra basins – Technical Report
Vrolijk, F., A. Lutz, H. Biemans
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2016 - PLOS ONE
Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Indus Hydrology: Sources, Shifts and Extremes
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink, A.B. Shrestha, M.F.P. Bierkens
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2016 - International Journal of Climatology
Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies: an advanced envelope-based selection approach
Lutz, A.F., H.W. ter Maat, H. Biemans, A.B. Shrestha, P. Wester, W.W. Immerzeel
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2015 - FutureWater Report 147
Comprehensive Review of Climate Change and the Impacts on Cryosphere, Hydrological Regimes and Glacier Lakes
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, M. Litt, S. Bajracharya, A.B. Shrestha
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2015 - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff
Immerzeel, W.W., N. Wanders, A. Lutz, J.M. Shea, M.F.P. Bierkens
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2015 - FutureWater Report 144
SPHY: Spatial Processes in HYdrology. Case-studies for training.
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, G.W.H. Simons, W.W. Immerzeel
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2015 - FutureWater Report 143
SPHY: Spatial Processes in HYdrology. Graphical User-Interfaces (GUIs).
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, W.W. Immerzeel
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2015 - FutureWater Report 142
SPHY v2.0: Spatial Processes in HYdrology. Model theory, installation, and data preparation.
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, W.W. Immerzeel
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2015 - FutureWater Report 146
HI-AWARE Research Component 1. Reference Climate Dataset for the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins.
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel
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2015 - Geoscientific Model Development
SPHY v2.0: Spatial Processes in HYdrology
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, G.W.H. Simons, W.W. Immerzeel, P. Droogers
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2015 - FutureWater Report 145
HI-AWARE Research Component 1. Selection of Climate Models for Downscaling
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, H. Biemans, H. ter Maat, V. Veldore, A.B. Shrestha
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2015 - Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
SPHY v2.0: Spatial Processes in Hydrology
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, G.W.H. Simons, W.W. Immerzeel, P. Droogers
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2014 - FutureWater Report 196
Regional Risk Assessment for Water Availability and Water-related Energy Sector Impacts in Central Asia
Hunink, J.E., A.F. Lutz, P. Droogers
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2014 - FutureWater Report 131
SPHY v2.0: Spatial Processes in HYdrology. Model theory and SPHY interface (v1.0) manual
Terink, W., A.F. Lutz, W.W. Immerzeel
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2014 - FutureWater Report 130
Gridded meteorological datasets and hydrological modelling in the Upper Indus Basin
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink
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2014 - FutureWater Report 128
Climate adaptation Colombia: Climate data scaling and analysis for the Magdalena basin
Kraaijenbrink, P.D.A., A. Lutz, P. Droogers
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2014 - Nature Climate Change
Consistent increase in High Asia’s runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, A.B. Shrestha, M.F.P. Bierkens
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2014 - FutureWater Report
Development of baseline climate data set and trend analysis in the Mekong Basin
Lutz, A., W. Terink, P. Droogers, W.W. Immerzeel, T. Piman
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2014 - FutureWater Report
Development of baseline climate data set and trend analysis in the Mekong Basin. Appendices.
Lutz, A., W. Terink, P. Droogers, W.W. Immerzeel
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2013 - FutureWater Report 127
Water Availability Analysis for the Upper Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Salween and Mekong River Basins
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel
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2013 - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Comparison of climate change signals in CMIP3 and CMIP5 multi-model ensembles and implications for Central Asian glaciers
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, A. Gobiet, F. Pellicciotti, M.F.P. Bierkens
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2012 - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
New climate change scenarios reveal uncertain future for Central Asian glaciers
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, A. Gobiet, F. Pellicciotti, M.F.P. Bierkens
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2012 - FutureWater Report 110
Climate Change Impact and Adaptation on the Water Resources in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River Basins
Lutz, A.F., P. Droogers, W.W. Immerzeel
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2012 - FutureWater Report 107
Climate Change Impacts on the Upstream Water Resources of the Amu and Syr Darya River Basins
Lutz, A.F., W.W. Immerzeel, P. Droogers