America's water risk: Current demand and climate variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2285-2293

  Devineni, Naresh ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^b   Etienne, Elius ^a   Shi, Daniel ^c   Xi, Chen ^d  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

America's water; climate variability; cumulative deficit; water demand; water risk; water trading

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMMERCE; DROUGHT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CUMULATIVE DEFICIT; DAILY WATER DEMAND; MULTIYEAR DROUGHTS; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS; WATER DEMAND; WATER STRESS INDICES; WATER TRADING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; STORAGE; WATER PLANNING; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928704886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063487     Document Type: Article

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