El Niño-Southern Oscillation Link to South Florida Hydrology and Water Management Applications

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4255-4271

  Abtew, Wossenu ^a   Trimble, Paul ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; ENSO; La Ni a; Lake Okeechobee; South Florida hydrology; Water management

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DRY SEASONS; ENSO; ENSO EVENTS; HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; LEADTIME; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTH FLORIDA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STORAGE MANAGEMENT; TRACKING METHOD; WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; LA NINA; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRACKING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649690173     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9656-2     Document Type: Article

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