Getting water right: A case study in water yield modelling based on precipitation data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 225-234

  Pessacg, Natalia ^a   Flaherty, Silvia ^a   Brandizi, Laura ^a   Solman, Silvina ^b   Pascual, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chubut River Basin; Ecosystem services modelling; Precipitation data; Uncertainties; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MODELLING; PRECIPITATION DATA; RIVER BASINS; UNCERTAINTIES; WATER YIELD;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

WATER;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER YIELD;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; CHUBUT RIVER; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84941309575     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.148     Document Type: Article

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