A Review on Monthly Water Balance Models for Water Resources Investigations

Water Resources Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-50

  Xu, C Y ^a   Singh, V P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic impact assessment; Monthly water balance models; Review; Water resources investigation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER BALANCE MODEL; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0031820209     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007916816469     Document Type: Review

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