Re-construction of historic drought in the Anglian Region (UK) over the period 1798-2010 and the implications for water resources and drought management

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-252

  Spraggs, Gerry ^a   Peaver, Louisa ^a   Jones, Phil ^c,d   Ede, Peter ^b  

^a ANGLIAN WATER   (United Kingdom)

^b MacDonald M   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drought management; Extended rainfall series; Reservoir modelling; River flow simulation; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHENIUM ALLOYS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; RAINFALL SERIES; RESERVOIR MODELLING; RIVER FLOW; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84936328188     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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