On the potential impact of irrigated areas in North America on summer rainfall caused by large-scale systems

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-331

  Segal, M ^a   Pan, Z ^a   Turner, R W ^a   Takle, E S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; WEATHER SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031833770     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-37.3.325     Document Type: Article

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