Drought, climate variability, and implications for water supply and management

Arizona Water Policy: Management Innovations in an Urbanizing, Arid Region

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-78

  Garfin, Gregg ^a   Crimmins, Michael A ^b   Jacobs, Katharine L ^b,c  

^a Climate Assessment for the Southwest ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Arizona Water Institute   (United States)

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EID: 36249013301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331390     Document Type: Chapter

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