Recent and Historic Andean Snowpack and Streamflow Variations and Vulnerability to Water Shortages in Central-Western Argentina

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-227

  Masiokas, M H ^a   Villalba, R ^a   Luckman, B H ^b   Montana E ^c   Betman, E ^c   Christie, D ^d   Le Quesne, C ^d   Mauget, S ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical analyses; Hydraulic societies; Long term perspective; Ocean atmosphere features; Scarce water resources

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE; STREAMFLOW VARIATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84902216546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00522-0     Document Type: Chapter

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