Modelling hydroclimatic uncertainty and short-run irrigator decision making: The goulburn system

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-584

  Griffith, Marnie ^a   Codner, Gary ^b   Weinmann, Erwin ^b   Schreider, Sergei ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Decision making under uncertainty; Water allocation; Water markets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 70349602270     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2009.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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