Using climate information for supporting climate change adaptation in water resource management in South Africa

Climatic Change

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-554

  Ziervogel, Gina ^a   Johnston, Peter ^a   Matthew, Margaret ^a   Mukheibir, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Wannon Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE TOWN; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MUNICIPAL MANAGERS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN CAPE , SOUTH AFRICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 78149496035     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9771-3     Document Type: Article

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