An integrated dynamic modeling framework for investigating the impact of climate change and variability on irrigated agriculture

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Rowan, Timothy S C ^a   Maier, Holger R ^a   Connor, Jeff ^b   Dandy, Graeme C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DYNAMIC MODELING; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION WATER USE; IRRIGATION WATERS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SOCIAL IMPACT; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS;

FARMS; IRRIGATION; PROFITABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 79960659939     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010195     Document Type: Article

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