Water: Impacts, risks, and adaptation

Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 197-217

  Udall, Bradley ^a   McCabe, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 85000652118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-484-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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