Field investigations of the 2013–14 drought through quali-quantitative freshwater monitoring at the headwaters of the Cantareira System, Brazil

Water International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 776-800

  Taffarello, Denise ^a   Samprogna Mohor, Guilherme ^a   do Carmo Calijuri, Maria ^a   Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Center of Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; drought; freshwater monitoring; land use change; water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979660149     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2016.1188352     Document Type: Article

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