Estimating current and future groundwater resources of the maldives

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-122

  Bailey, Ryan T ^a   Khalil, Abedalrazq ^b   Chatikavanij, Vansa ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Drinking water; Groundwater hydrology; Water supply

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGEBRAIC MODELING; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS; AVERAGE CURRENTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; LARGE SURFACE AREA; RESOURCE MANAGERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84922793830     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12236     Document Type: Article

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