agricultural resilience
agronomic adaptations
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Chinch Bugs
Climate Predictability
climate variability
Cloud Seeding
Crop Moisture Index
Double Sunspot Cycle
Drought Hazard
Drought Impact
Drought Index
drought risk assessment strategies
Early Dry Periods
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expanded irrigation
Farm Security Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Intensive Precipitation
Inter Annual Climatic Variability
Large Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns
Mid-continent Region
modern-era droughts
North American climate
North American Droughts
paleoclimatology
Palmer Drought Severity Index
Palmer Index
Reuse Waste Water
Sea Water
Single Weather Station
socioeconomic impacts
State Contact Points
water resource management
weather modification
weather modification techniques
Western States Water Council
World's Agricultural Areas
Product details
- ISBN 9780367171032
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the effects of past droughts on the social, cultural, and political life of the population of North America; the possible effects of drought on energy- and technology-intensive society; and the ramifications of drought for the national economy.
Norman J. Rosenberg is a professor of Agricultural Meteorology at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He specializes in micro-meteorology and microclimate modification to improve water use efficiency and is currently developing strategies to combat the effects of ~ought on agriculture in the Western United States. He works with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council as a consultant on drought mitigation projects for developing countries. He has published some 80 papers on windbreaks, evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, and is the author of Microclimate: The Biological Environment (Wiley-Interscience, 1974).
