Agricultural irrigation
; Agricultural water use
; Atmospheric circulation
; Colorado River
; Global climate model
; Hydrological cycles
; Hydrological response
; Summer precipitation
; Climatology
; Hydraulic structures
; Landforms
; Stream flow
; Water management
; Water supply
; Irrigation
; climate modeling
; evapotranspiration
; global climate
; hydrological cycle
; irrigation system
; precipitation (climatology)
; streamflow
; water management
; water use
; water vapor
; California
; Central Valley [California]
; United States
UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
Recommended Citation:
Lo M.-H.,Famiglietti J.S.. Irrigation in California's Central Valley strengthens the southwestern U.S. water cycle[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2013-01-01,40(2).