Development of the Metropolitan Water Availability Index (MWAI) and short-term assessment with multi-scale remote sensing technologies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1397-1413

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Yang, Y Jeffrey ^b   Goodrich, James A ^b   Daranpob, Ammarin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought management; Multi sensor remote sensing; Risk communication; Risk management; Water infrastructure; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; MULTI SENSOR; MULTI-SENSOR REMOTE SENSING; REMOTE-SENSING; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISKS MANAGEMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; METROPOLITAN AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950935228     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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