Correlating Vegetation, Water Use, and Surface Temperature in a Semiarid City: A Multiscale Analysis of the Impacts of Irrigation by Single-Family Residences

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-257

  Halper, Eve B ^a   Scott, Christopher A ^b   Yool, Stephen R ^b  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; LANDSAT; NDVI; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863756738     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2012.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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