Automated rainfall manipulation system: A reliable and inexpensive tool for ecologists

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• water availability 56%
• rainfall 52%
• cost 43%
• irrigation 42%
• rainout 41%
• temporary storage 40%
• type of study 37%
• photosynthetically active radiation 32%
• storage tank 32%
• shelter 29%
• limiting factor 28%
• field experiment 24%
• logistics 24%
• pump 23%
• desert 22%
• grassland 22%
• water 16%
• ecosystem 16%
• climate change 16%
• effect 12%
• temperature 10%

Agriculture & Biology

• ecologists 100%
• rain 64%
• water 34%
• irrigation 32%
• sprinklers 26%
• photosynthetically active radiation 24%
• deserts 19%
• pumps 19%
• grasslands 18%
• climate change 17%
• ecosystems 15%
• temperature 8%