Making the distinction between water scarcity and drought using an observation-modeling framework

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1483-1502

  Van Loon, A F ^a   Van Lanen, H A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anomaly analysis; drought; hydrological modelling; hydrometeorological observations; water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MANAGERS; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANOMALY ANALYSIS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY;

DROUGHT;

ANOMALY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANDALUCIA; GUADIAMAR BASIN; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

EID: 84876720132     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20147     Document Type: Article

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