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  • Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

    Creator:
    Kalinin, Alexey V.
    Abstract:
    Signs of climate change across the Pacific Northwest indicate changing patterns of timing and availability of stream flow. Declining summer low flows, decreasing snow pack, higher temperatures and an increasing fraction of mountain precipitation falling as rain, raise concerns about future reliability of stream flows. These changes will likely affect...
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    Masters Thesis
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    manager of the Greenberry Irrigation District south of Corvallis, Oregon, for his help in understanding

  • Irrigation choices for major West Coast crops : water scarcity and climatic determinants

    Creator:
    Olen, Beau
    Abstract:
    Recent climate change forecasts have aroused growing interest in the influence of water scarcity and climate on agricultural production and irrigation practice. However, it is common in the economic literature to aggregate disparate crops when modeling irrigation choices. That approach confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that...
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    Masters Thesis
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    presented on September 19, 2012 Title: Irrigation Choices for Major West Coast Crops: Water Scarcity and