Consideration of user needs and spatial accuracy in drought mapping

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Dow, Kirstin ^a   Murphy, Richard L ^a   Carbone, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Drought; Geospatial analysis; Risk communication; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DROUGHT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AREA OF INTERESTS; CLIMATE INFORMATIONS; DECISION-MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL INFORMATIONS; LOCAL MAPS; MAPPING INFORMATIONS; MAPPING TOOLS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NEW TOOLS; PROFESSIONAL GROUPS; RISK AND UNCERTAINTIES; RISK COMMUNICATION; SPATIAL ACCURACIES; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; TRADE OFFS; UNCERTAINTY; USER NEEDS; WEB MAPPINGS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARTOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 58849153293     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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