Climate change and its implications for water resources management in south Florida

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-516

  Obeysekera, Jayantha ^a   Irizarry, Michelle ^a   Park, Joseph ^a   Barnes, Jenifer ^a   Dessalegne, Tibebe ^b  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b BEM Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Historical trends; Sea level rise; South Florida; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CONTROL OPERATIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLORIDA; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL TRENDS; LONG TERM RECORDS; MODEL RESULTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH FLORIDA; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPLY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; TIME-SCALES; WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SECTOR;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952986588     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0418-8     Document Type: Article

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