The significance of local water resources captured in small reservoirs for crop production - A global-scale analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 384, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 264-275

  Wisser, Dominik ^a   Frolking, Steve ^a   Douglas, Ellen M ^b   Fekete, Balazs M ^c   Schumann, Andreas H ^d   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Food security; Global modelling; Small reservoirs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; CEREAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE DATA; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELD; CURRENT LEVELS; DATA SETS; EVAPORATION LOSS; FOOD SECURITY; GREEN WATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACRO SCALE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; SCALE ANALYSIS; SMALL RESERVOIRS; SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPETITION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FLOW OF WATER; HARVESTING; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAINWATER; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 77950403275     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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