Spatial distribution of water supply in the coterminous United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1474-1487

  Brown, Thomas C ^a   Hobbins, Michael T ^b   Ramirez, Jorge A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Forests; Runoff; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MODELS; FEDERAL LANDS; FORESTS; LAND COVERS; NATIONAL FORESTS; NATURAL RUNOFFS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES; RUNOFF DATUMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE AREAS; UNITED STATES; ZHANG MODELS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449099752     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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