Collaborative Modeling to Evaluate Water Management Scenarios in the Rio Grande Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 639-653

  Sandoval Solis, Samuel ^a   Teasley, Rebecca L ^b   Mckinney, Daene C ^c   Thomas, Gregory A ^d   Patiño Gomez, Carlos ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Natural Heritage Institute   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Geographic information system; Planning; Rio Grande; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE MODELING; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; RIO GRANDE; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RIO GRANDE BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878924144     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12070     Document Type: Article

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