Cumulative Effects of Small Reservoirs on Streamflow in Northern Coastal California Catchments

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5101-5118

  Deitch, Matthew J ^a   Merenlender, Adina M ^a   Feirer, Shane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Drought conditions; Hydrologic impairment; Scenario planning; Spatial and temporal scales; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC IMPAIRMENT; SCENARIO PLANNING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DRAINAGE NETWORK; DROUGHT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SONOMA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890242802     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0455-4     Document Type: Article

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