Irrigation in California's Central Valley strengthens the southwestern U.S. water cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Lo, Min Hui ^a,b   Famiglietti, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLORADO RIVER; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874879049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50108     Document Type: Article

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