Climate information use among southeast US water managers: Beyond barriers and toward opportunities

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 141-151

  Bolson, Jessica ^a   Martinez, Christopher ^a   Breuer, Norman ^b   Srivastava, Puneet ^c   Knox, Pam ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Forecast use; Seasonal climate forecast; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893723046     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0463-1     Document Type: Article

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