Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Open Surface Water in the Central Valley of California 2000-2011: Drought, Land Cover, and Waterbirds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1722-1738

  Reiter, Matthew E ^a   Elliott, Nathan ^a   Veloz, Sam ^a   Jongsomjit, Dennis ^a   Hickey, Catherine M ^a   Merrifield, Matt ^b   Reynolds, Mark D ^b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Valley; Drought; Land cover; Remote sensing; Trend; Water; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING (POSITION); WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CENTRAL VALLEY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TREND; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERBIRDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DROUGHT STRESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERFOWL;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983120936     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12353     Document Type: Article

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