Water cycle dynamics in a changing environment: Improving predictability through synthesis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sivapalan, M ^a,b   Thompson, S E ^c   Harman, C J ^a,e   Basu, N B ^d   Kumar, P ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IA United States   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PREDICTION; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 80054015539     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011377     Document Type: Article

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