Did irrigation impact 20th century air temperature in the High Plains aquifer region?

Applied Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Mahmood, Rezaul ^a   Keeling, Travis ^a   Foster, Stuart A ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Land use change; Temperature change; The great plains; The High Plains aquifer

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84870953009     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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