The impact of climate extremes and irrigation on US crop yields

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Troy, T J ^a   Kipgen, C ^b   Pal, I ^c  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; climate impacts; irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; IRRIGATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ADAPTATION MECHANISM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONDITIONAL DENSITY; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; TEMPERATURE CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930226907     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/5/054013     Document Type: Article

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