If stationarity is dead, What do we do now?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-570

  Galloway, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Planning; Surface water hydrology; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; DESIGN GUIDANCE; NON-STATIONARITIES; STATIONARITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER POLICY; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SURFACE WATER; TURBULENCE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER PLANNING;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957957019     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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