Two Challenges for U.S. Irrigation Due to Climate Change: Increasing Irrigated Area in Wet States and Increasing Irrigation Rates in Dry States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  McDonald, Robert I ^a   Girvetz, Evan H ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); IRRIGATION RATE; MOISTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; ALGORITHM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878767385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065589     Document Type: Article

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