Drought Resilience of the California Central Valley Surface-Ground-Water-Conveyance System
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عنوان ژورنال: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1093-474X,1752-1688
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00329.x