Tapping environmental history to recreate America's colonial hydrology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8798-8803

  Pastore, Christopher L ^a   Green, Mark B ^b   Bain, Daniel J ^c   Muñoz Hernandez, Andrea ^d   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^d   Arrigo, Jennifer ^e   Brandt, Sara ^f   Duncan, Jonathan M ^g   Greco, Francesca ^h   Kim, Hyojin ⁱ   Kumar, Sanjiv ^j   Lally, Michael ^k   Parolari, Anthony J ^l   Pellerin, Brian ^f   Salant, Nira ^m   Schlosser, Adam ^l   Zalzal, Kate ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^l MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FEED-BACK LOOP; HISTORICAL ACCOUNT; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGIC METRICS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LAND COVER; PRIMARY SOURCES; REGIONAL SCALE; SCIENTIFIC DATA; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; WATER INTERACTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

HISTORY;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MINING; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; COLONIALISM; ENGINEERING; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL HISTORY; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650281400     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102672c     Document Type: Article

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