A high spatiotemporal assessment of consumptive water use and water scarcity in the conterminous United States

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5185-5200

  Moore, Brandon C ^a,b   Coleman, André M ^a,c   Wigmosta, Mark S ^a   Skaggs, Richard L ^a   Venteris, Erik R ^a,d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioenergy; Energy security; Sustainability; Water demand; Water supply; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SECURITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

BIO-ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; WATER DEMAND; WATER ENERGY; WATER SUPPLY AND DEMANDS;

WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; ENERGY USE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027919256     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1112-x     Document Type: Article

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