Past and future changes to inflows into Perth (Western Australia) dams

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-96

  Smith, Ian ^a   Power, Scott ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchments; Inflows; Projections; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918812014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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