Population growth has increased water scarcity to the point that documenting current amounts of worldwide water resources is now as critical as any data collection in the Earth sciences. As a key element of this data collection, stream gauges yield continuous hydrologic information and document long-term trends, recording high-frequency hydrologic information over decadal to centennial time frames.
- Digital Object Identifier: 10.1029/2012EO480002
- Source: USGS Publications Warehouse (indexId: 70040738)