Modelling historical and current irrigation water demand on the continental scale: Europe

Water abstractions for irrigation purposes are higher than for any other pan-European water use sector and have a large influence on river runoff regimes. This modelling experiment assesses historic and current irrigation water demands for different crops in five arc minute spatial resolution for pa...

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Main Authors: T. aus der Beek, M. Flörke, D. M. Lapola, R. Schaldach, F. Voß, E. Teichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-09-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/79/2010/adgeo-27-79-2010.pdf