Agriculture vulnerability to climate change in a snowmelt-driven basin in semiarid Chile

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-441

  Vicuña, Sebastian ^a   McPhee, James ^b,c   Garreaud, René D ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Reservoir systems; Semiarid regions; Vulnerability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID REGION; VULNERABILITY; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; PERTURBATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; VULNERABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED;

ANDES; CHILE; COQUIMBO; LIMARI BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890203058     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000202     Document Type: Article

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