Technical Note: Seasonality in alpine water resources management - A regional assessment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-100

  Vanham, D ^a   Fleischhacker, E ^b   Rauch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Wasser Tirol Wasserdienstleistungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TOURISM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38849176736     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-12-91-2008     Document Type: Article

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