Tracking fresh water from space

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5639, 2003, Pages

  Alsdorf, Douglas E ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FRESHWATER; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW KINETICS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREAM (RIVER); TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER; WETLAND;

EID: 0141707107     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089802     Document Type: Review

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