Analyzing investments for managing Lake Erie levels under climate change uncertainty

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1671-1683

  Venkatesh, Boddu N ^a   Hobbs, Benjamin F ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE LEVEL; PREDICTION; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032951060     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900124     Document Type: Article

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