Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Cropland, soil moisture, and recent heat waves

People

Thomas N. Chase, Emily C. Gill, Emily P. Wilson, Klaus Wolter

Year Awarded

2012

Type

IRP

Affiliation

PSL, UCB: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, UCB: EBIO

Geography

CIRES

This project seeks to test the hypothesis that the increasing amounts of land surface used for agriculture and changes in soil moisture may explain, to some degree, the increase in both the number and extreme temperatures of recently observed heat waves.