Effects of climate change on drought frequency: Potential impacts and mitigation opportunities

Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change: Mountains, Valleys and Flood Plains: Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-130

  Adams, Richard M ^a   Peck, Dannele E ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203884386     Document Type: Chapter

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