Influence of irrigation schemes used in regional climate models on evapotranspiration estimation: Results and comparative studies from California's Central Valley agricultural regions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Li, Jialun ^a   Hsu, Kuo Lin ^a   Gao, Xiaogang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GROUND DATA; IN-SITU; IRRIGATION METHODS; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; LAND SURFACE MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; REGIONAL WEATHER; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOIL TYPES; SOIL-WATER CONTENT; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WATER DEPLETIONS;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859462126     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016978     Document Type: Article

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