Water resource management and drought forecasts in South Carolina

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-155

  Carbone, Gregory J ^a   Dow, Kirstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Decision making; Drought; Seasonal forecasts; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; PROBABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

RESOURCE PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17244365560     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03724.x     Document Type: Article

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