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A Method for Calculating Reference Evapotranspiration on Daily Time Scales
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2011-02)
Measures of reference evapotranspiration are essential for applications of agricultural management and water resources engineering. Using numerous esoteric variables, one can calculate daily reference evapotranspiration ...
CLM-AG: An Agriculture Module for the Community Land Model version 3.5
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-09)
It is estimated that 40% of all crops grown in the world today are grown using irrigation. As a consequence,
shifting precipitation patterns due to climate change are viewed as a major threat to food security. This
report ...
The Future of Global Water Stress: An Integrated Assessment
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2014-01)
We assess the ability of global water systems, resolved at 282 large river basins or Assessment Sub Regions (ASRs), to the meet water requirements over the coming decades under integrated projections of socioeconomic growth ...
Assessing Evapotranspiration Estimates from the Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 2 (GSWP-2) Simulations
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2009-09)
We assess the simulations of global-scale evapotranspiration from the Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 2 (GSWP-2) within a global water-budget framework. The scatter in the GSWP-2 global evapotranspiration estimates from ...
An Analogue Approach to Identify Extreme Precipitation Events: Evaluation and Application to CMIP5 Climate Models in the United States
(MIT Joint Program, 2013-11)
Global warming is expected to alter the frequency, intensity, and risk of extreme precipitation events. However, global climate models in general do not correctly reproduce the frequency and intensity distribution of ...
A Framework for Modeling Uncertainty in Regional Climate Change
(MIT Joint Program, 2013-05)
In this study, we present a new modeling framework and a large ensemble of climate projections to investigate the uncertainty in regional climate change over the US associated with four dimensions of uncertainty. The sources ...
Modeling the Global Water Resource System in an Integrated Assessment Modeling Framework: IGSM-WRS
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2010-09)
The availability of water resources affects energy, agricultural and environmental systems, which are linked together as well as to climate via the water cycle. As such, watersheds and river basins are directly impacted ...