Modeling the effects of groundwater-fed irrigation on terrestrial hydrology over the conterminous United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 957-972

  Leng, Guoyong ^a,b,c   Huang, Maoyi ^b   Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Gao, Huilin ^d   Leung, L Ruby ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PUMPING; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901937836     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-049.1     Document Type: Article

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