Irrigation cooling effect on temperature and heat index extremes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Lobell, David B ^a   Bonfils, Celine J ^b   Kueppers, Lara M ^c   Snyder, Mark A ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE EFFECTS; COOLING EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; NON-LINEAR EFFECTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; SENSIBLE HEATS;

IRRIGATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; EXTREME EVENT; HUMIDITY; IRRIGATION;

CALIFORNIA; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48549105170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034145     Document Type: Article

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