Climate, stream flow prediction and water management in northeast Brazil: Societal trends and forecast value

Climatic Change

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-239

  Broad, Kenneth ^a,b,c   Pfaff, Alexander ^c   Taddei, Renzo ^c,d,e   Sankarasubramanian, A ^f   Lall, Upmanu ^e,g   de Assis de Souza Filho, Franciso ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University ^*  (United States)

^e Earth Institute   (United States)

^f North Carolina State University   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

PARTICIPATORY-GOVERNANCE ISSUES; WATER SECTOR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FIELDWORK; FORECASTING METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; CEARA; FORTALEZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36148929037     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9257-0     Document Type: Article

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