Are landscapes over-irrigated in Southwest Florida? A spatial-temporal analysis of observed data

Irrigation Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-401

  Romero, Consuelo C ^a   Dukes, Michael D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; FLORIDA; GOOD CORRELATIONS; OBSERVED DATA; PER CAPITA; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER BALANCE; WATER SAVING; WATER USE;

IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051671419     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-010-0247-z     Document Type: Article

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