Human impacts on terrestrial hydrology: Climate change versus pumping and irrigation

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ferguson, Ian M ^a,b   Maxwell, Reed M ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; PUMPS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUMPING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871729901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044022     Document Type: Article

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