Asian irrigation, African rain: Remote impacts of irrigation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3737-3745

  De Vrese, Philipp ^a   Hagemann, Stefan ^a   Claussen, Martin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate modeling; human impact; irrigation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER RESOURCES;

EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN IMPACT; LAND-USE CHANGE; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; MOISTURE FLUXES; REMOTE REGIONS;

IRRIGATION;

ADVECTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FOOD SECURITY; FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; CHINA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84992292925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068146     Document Type: Article

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