The effects of great plains irrigation on the surface energy balance, regional circulation, and precipitation

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-128

  Huber, David B ^a   Mechem, David B ^a   Brunsell, Nathaniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; LLJ; Low level jet; Mesoscale model; Precipitation; Regional climate; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937034758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2020103     Document Type: Article

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