Are climate models "ready for prime time" in water resources management applications, or is more research needed?

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1085-1089

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Stakhiv, Eugene Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c US Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources   (United States)

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EID: 78650487287     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.513211     Document Type: Editorial

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