Introducing an irrigation scheme to a regional climate model: A case study over West Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5708-5723

  Marcella, Marc P ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Atmosphere land interaction; Climate models; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic models; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; RAIN; RIVERS; SCHEDULING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INTEGRATED BIOSPHERE SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MALI; NIGER RIVER; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84893200362     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00116.1     Document Type: Article

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