Integration of climate information and forecasts into western US water supply forecasts

Climate Variations, Climate Change, and Water Resources Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 86-102

  Pagano, T C ^a   Garen, B C ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; INFORMATION USE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

AUTUMN PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE INFORMATION; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; SALT RIVER PROJECTS; STATISTICAL REGRESSION;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84859561095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784408247.ch06     Document Type: Chapter

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