Modeling the impacts of climate change on water supply reliabilities

Water International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 407-419

  Muttiah, Ranjan S ^a   Wurbs, Ralph A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modeling; Reliability; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036754967     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060208687020     Document Type: Article

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