| Title: | Climate change impacts for the conterminous USA: An integrated assessment Part 5: Irrigated agriculture and national grain crop production |
| Authors: | Thomson, A.M., N.J. Rosenberg, R.C. Izaurralde and R.A. Brown |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Journal: | Climatic Change |
| Volume (Issue): | 69(1) |
| Pages: | 89-105 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10584-005-3611-x |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | climate change |
| Secondary Application Category: | Hyrologic Unit Model of the U.S. (HUMUS) application |
| Watershed Description: | 18 Major Water Resource Regions (MWRRs) that comprise the Conterminous (48 states) U.S. |
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| General Comments: | SWAT (within HUMUS) predicted water yields are reported for major corn, soybean, and winter wheat production areas, in response to different climate scenarios. The effects of climate change on irrigation, and irrigation versus dryland crop production, is reported. The total amount of irrigation water was found to decline in response to all of the scenarios; corn and soybean production was predicted to increase while winter wheat production was predicted to decline? The reported irrigation demand results were based on EPIC simulations. |
| Language: | English |
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