Impact of Climate Change on Mediterranean Irrigation Demand: Historical Dynamics of Climate and Future Projections

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1449-1462

  Garcia Garizabal I ^a   Causape J ^a   Abrahao, R ^b   Merchan, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Evapotranspiration; Model; Precipitation; Temperature; Trend

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITION; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; HISTORICAL DATA; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; TREND;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS;

EBRO VALLEY; SPAIN;

EID: 84897574298     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0565-7     Document Type: Article

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