Historical legacies, information and contemporary water science and management

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 566-575

  Bain, Daniel J ^a   Arrigo, Jennifer A S ^b   Green, Mark B ^c,d   Pellerin, Brian A ^e   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Detection; Hydrologic history; Retrospective assessment

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT;

HISTORICAL PERIODS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGIC SCIENCE; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; WATER SCIENCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84889097858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3020566     Document Type: Article

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