Regional Blue and Green Water Balances and Use by Selected Crops in the U.S.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1626-1642

  White, Michael ^a   Gambone, Marilyn ^b   Yen, Haw ^b   Arnold, Jeff ^a   Harmel, Daren ^a   Santhi, Chinnasamy ^b   Haney, Richard ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SWAT; Blue water; Green water; Modeling; Water use

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MODELS; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; BLUE WATER; GREEN WATER; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP PLANT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84983158576     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12344     Document Type: Article

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