Impact of Potential Large-Scale Irrigation on the West African Monsoon and Its Dependence on Location of Irrigated Area

This study investigates the impact of potential large-scale irrigation on the West African monsoon using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology regional climate model (MRCM). A new irrigation module is implemented to assess the impact of location and scheduling of irrigation on rainfall distribut...

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Main Authors: Im, Eun-Soon (Author), Marcella, Marc Pace (Contributor), Eltahir, Elfatih A. B. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2014-09-24T16:21:16Z.
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