From water to bioethanol: The impact of climate variability on the water footprint

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 444-445, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-186

  Dalla Marta, Anna ^a   Mancini, Marco ^a   Natali, Francesca ^a   Orlando, Francesca ^a   Orlandini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agroclimatology; Biofuels; Maize; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGROCLIMATOLOGY; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; CENTRAL ITALY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENERGY CROPS; MAIZE; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; TUSCANY; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODELS;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTIVATION; ENERGY CROP; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861222847     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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