Present-day irrigation mitigates heat extremes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1403-1422

  Thiery, Wim ^a,b   Davin, Edouard L ^a   Lawrence, David M ^c   Hirsch, Annette L ^a   Hauser, Mathias ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; EXTREME EVENT; HEATING; IRRIGATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 85013662880     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025740     Document Type: Article

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