Climate change impacts on crop production in Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 405-419

  Gohari, Alireza ^a,c   Eslamian, Saeid ^a   Abedi Koupaei, Jahangir ^a   Massah Bavani, Alireza ^b   Wang, Dingbao ^c   Madani, Kaveh ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Crop production; Iran; Water resources management; Zayandeh Rud

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CROP GROWTH; CROP PRODUCTION; IRAN; IRRIGATION WATERS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RIVER BASINS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ZAYANDEH-RUD;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RICE; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WHEAT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GROWTH PERIOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RICE; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARMING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY; WHEAT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANT WATER USE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN; ZAYANDEH RIVER; ZAYANDEH BASIN;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84869862520     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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