Frequency and intensity of extreme drought in the Delaware Basin, 1600-2002

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kauffman, G J ^a   Vonck, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DELAWARE BASIN; DELAWARE BAY; DELAWARES; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; GENERAL EXTREME VALUES; LOW FLOW; LOW PROBABILITY; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; POPULATION GROWTH; TREE RING DATA; TREE RINGS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CONFINED FLOW; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT;

CORRELATION; DATING METHOD; DROUGHT STRESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; STREAMFLOW; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER; TREES; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

DELAWARE BASIN; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860348666     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008821     Document Type: Review

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