Impacts of climate variability on the operational forecast and management of the upper Des Moines River basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 799-821

  Georgakakos, Aris P ^a   Yao, Huaming ^a   Mullusky, Mary G ^a,b   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^c,d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Interstate Potomac River Basin C   (United States)

^c HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; WATER RESOURCE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FORECASTING APPROACH; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN;

DES MOINES RIVER BASIN; MINNESTOTA; USA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FORECASTING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; LONG-TERM PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 0031947960     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03135     Document Type: Article

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