Impact of irrigation on midsummer surface fluxes and temperature under dry synoptic conditions: A regional atmospheric model study of the U.S. high plains

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 556-564

  Adegoke, Jimmy O ^a   Pielke Sr, Roger A ^b   Eastman, J ^b   Mahmood, Rezaul ^c   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

DEW POINT; ENERGY BUDGET; IRRIGATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041422596     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0556:IOIOMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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