River forecast application for water management: Oil and water?

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-253

  Werner, Kevin ^a   Averyt, Kristen ^b   Owen, Gigi ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880908108     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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