Intense agricultural irrigation induced contrasting precipitation changes in Saudi Arabia

Groundwater extraction has grown tremendously in Saudi Arabia to meet the irrigation water demand since the 1980s, and irrigation is one of the major anthropogenic factors modulating regional hydroclimate. However, the link between irrigation and hydroclimate is not well understood in a dry region s...

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Main Authors: Min-Hui Lo, Hao-Wei Wey, Eun-Soon Im, Lois Iping Tang, Ray G Anderson, Ren-Jie Wu, Rong-You Chien, Jiangfeng Wei, Amir AghaKouchak, Yoshihide Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac002e