Model diagnosis of nighttime minimum temperature warming during summer due to irrigation in the California Central Valley

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1061-1072

  Kanamaru, Hideki ^a   Kanamitsu, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRIGATION; MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049085583     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM967.1     Document Type: Article

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