Why is the Arkavathy River drying? A multiple-hypothesis approach in a data-scarce region

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1905-1917

  Srinivasan, V ^a   Thompson, S ^b   Madhyastha, K ^a   Penny, G ^b   Jeremiah, K ^a   Lele, S ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF;

EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; HYDROLOGIC MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DECISION ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FRAGMENTATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RESEARCH WORK; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING;

ARKAVATHY RIVER; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84928805500     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1905-2015     Document Type: Article

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