Climate change impacts on global agricultural water deficit

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1111-1117

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Cai, Ximing ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; climate change; irrigation; water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRIGATION; LASERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CROPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84876944234     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50279     Document Type: Article

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