The impact of droughts and water management on various hydrological systems in the headwaters of the Tagus River (central Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 386, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Begueria S ^b   Garcia Ruiz J M ^a   Cuadrat, J M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Global warming; Reservoir management; Spain; Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index; Standardized precipitation index; Tagus River; Water transfer

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SPAIN; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; UPWARD TREND; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER TRANSFERS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIMESCALE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 77952104807     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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