Impact of potential large-scale irrigation on the West African monsoon and its dependence on location of irrigated area

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 994-1009

  Im, Eun Soon ^a   Marcella, Marc P ^b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CONTROL SIMULATION; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LOCATION; RAIN; SCHEDULING; SOIL MOISTURE;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84893203587     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00290.1     Document Type: Article

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