Relative importance of climate and land surface changes on hydrologic changes in the US Midwest since the 1930s: Implications for biofuel production

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 497, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-120

  Xu, Xianli ^a,b,d   Scanlon, Bridget R ^b   Schilling, Keith ^c   Sun, Alex ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Iowa Geological and Water Survey   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Climate; Land use; Midwest; Mississippi; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BASEFLOWS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE; CORN PRODUCTION; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; LAND SURFACE CHANGE; MIDWEST; MISSISSIPPI; STREAMFLOW CHANGES; WATERS RESOURCES;

LAND USE;

BASEFLOW; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; POWER GENERATION; SOYBEAN; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879437574     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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