Climatic fluctuations and forecasting of streamflow in the lower Colorado River Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1550-1569

  Thomas, Blakemore E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Planning; Statistics; Surface water hydrology; Water allocation; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER ALLOCATION;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36649012604     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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