A 576-year weber river streamflow reconstruction from tree rings for water resource risk assessment in the wasatch front, utah

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1338-1348

  Bekker, Matthew F ^a   Justin Derose, R ^b   Buckley, Brendan M ^c   Kjelgren, Roger K ^d   Gill, Nathan S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Drought; Paleohydrology; Planning; Utah

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOODS; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM FLOW;

20TH CENTURY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; INTERANNUAL; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; POPULATION CENTERS; UTAH; WATER MANAGERS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT; FLOODING; PLANNING;

EID: 84918526440     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12191     Document Type: Article

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