Effects of greenhouse gas mitigation on drought impacts in the United States

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-272

  Boehlert, Brent ^a   Fitzgerald, Ellen ^b   Neumann, James E ^b   Strzepek, Kenneth M ^a   Martinich, Jeremy ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAGNITUDE; RESERVOIR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940656059     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00020.1     Document Type: Article

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