Multiscale effects on spatial variability metrics in global water resources data

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1903-1924

  Perveen, Shama ^a   James, L Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid data; Multiscale analysis; Scarcity; Spatial variation; Water availability

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MODELS; COARSER GRID; DANUBE BASIN; DATA AGGREGATION; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES; GRID CELLS; GRID DATA; MISSOURIS; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCALE; MULTIPLE-SCALES; MULTISCALES; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; PER CAPITA; POPULATION DATA; POPULATION DENSITIES; POWER FUNCTIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; SPATIAL PROCESS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SOURCE; WATER USE;

DATA HANDLING; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

GIS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

DANUBE BASIN;

EID: 77953322942     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9530-2     Document Type: Article

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