Terrestrial water cycle and the impact of climate change

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Tao, Fulu ^a   Yokozawa, Masayuki ^b   Hayashi, Yousay ^b   Lin, Erda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0038793630     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.4.295     Document Type: Article

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19. This research was funded by the National Key Program for Developing Basic Science (No. 1999043400) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. We thank the members of the Food Production Prediction Team, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan.
20. First submitted 28 May 2001. Revised manuscript received 21 January 2002. Accepted for publication 27 June 2002.