This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Adaptation in the U.S. Fieldcrop Sector" ERR-201, published in November 2015. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded, so please visit the website to obtain the latest information: www.ers.usda.gov. Any reuse of these images should include attribution to "Economic Research Service/USDA."

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File name			Description       
(summaryFig.png)		Summary Figure - Extent of irrigated fieldcrop acreage under reference weather and under climate change projections  
(fig01.png)			Figure 1 - Water cycle interactions across land, water, and atmosphere 
(fig02.png)			Figure 2 - Incentives for acreage change in this analysis are driven by changes in relative profitability across crops, rotations, and production methods, such as irrigated versus dryland production
(fig03.png)			Figure 3 - Regional Environment and Agriculture Programming (REAP) production regions 
(fig04.png)			Figure 4 - Reductions in surface-water supply availability for the CGCM_High projection, 2020-2080 
(fig05.png)			Figure 5 - Reductions in groundwater withdrawals for irrigation, 2020-2080
(fig06.png)			Figure 6 - Average national yields for several major REAP crops under future climate projections for analysis years 2020-2080
(fig07.png)			Figure 7 - Extent of irrigated acreage under reference weather and under climate change projections   
(fig08.png)			Figure 8 - Change in national acreage across crops under future climate projections 
(fig09.png)			Figure 9 - Change in dryland and irrigated acreage across regions averaged over future climate projections
(fig10.png)			Figure 10 - Percent change in aggregate price index for each analysis year
(fig11.png)			Figure 11 - Average national prices for several major REAP crops under future climate projections for years 2020-2080 
(fig12.png)			Figure 12 - Domestic net returns under future climate projections
(fig13.png)			Figure 13 - Relative producer surplus by REAP crop sectors under reference climate conditions, 2040
(fig14.png)			Figure 14 - Change in net returns by crop sector under climate change scenarios, 2040
(fig15.png)			Figure 15 - Change in net returns by crop sector under climate change scenarios, 2080
(fig16.png)			Figure 16 - Net returns and acreage by farm production region and climate future 2060  
(fig17.png)			Figure 17 - Average corn yields in bushels/acre under reference weather conditions in 2020 
(fig18.png)			Figure 18 - National estimates of average per-acre irrigation demand over time, all field crops, for future climate projections under the Biophysical Impact scenario, assuming fixed acreage allocations  
(fig19.png)			Figure 19 - Regional estimates of average per-acre water demand, all field crops, under future climate change scenarios in 2080
(fig20.png)			Figure 20 - Relationship between precipitation and irrigation demand by farm production region under climate projections for 2020 and 2080, assuming fixed acreage allocations 
(fig21.png)			Figure 21 - Impact of climate change on land in agricultural production relative to a reference scenario 
(fig22.png)			Figure 22 - Impact of climate change on irrigated production acreage (without water-supply constraints) 
(fig23.png)			Figure 23 - Impacts of climate change on regional irrigated acreage in 2020 and 2080 (without water-supply constraints)
(fig24.png)			Figure 24 - Regional relationship between change in growing-season precipitation and change in irrigated acreage under climate projections for the year 2060 (without water-supply constraints) 
(fig25.png)			Figure 25 - Impacts of climate change on irrigated acreage under irrigation constraints
(fig26.png)			Figure 26 - Implications for regional irrigated production acreage, averaged over the climate change scenarios, of irrigation constraints imposed in sequence
(fig27.png)			Figure 27 - Change in share of irrigated acreage allocated to each crop under climate projections relative to scenarios without irrigation constraints for analysis year 2060. 
(fig28.png)			Figure 28 - Change in irrigated acreage relative to reference case by climate projection for major irrigated regions in 2060  
(fig29.png)			Figure 29 - Impact of biophysical change, producer adaptation, and irrigation constraints on national production over 2020-2080  
(fig30.png)			Figure 30 - Impact of biophysical change, producer adaptation, and irrigation constraints on national commodity price over each analysis period
(appAfig01.png)			Appendix A Figure 01 - Analytic framework for examining interactions between climate change, water resources, and agricultural adaptation
(appAfig02.png)			Appendix A Figure 02 - Assessment subregions (Foti et al., 2012)
(appBfig03.png)			Appendix B Figure 03 - Change in national cropland-weighted average for growing-season (May-October) maximum temperature, relative to the reference climate, under each climate projection
(appBfig04.png)			Appendix B Figure 04 - National cropland-weighted average of growing season (May-October) precipitation relative to the reference climate under each climate projection
(appBfig05.png)			Appendix B Figure 05 - Cropland acreage-weighted growing-season precipitation at the farm production region level for each climate change projection in each analysis year
(appBfig06.png)			Appendix B Figure 06 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the CGCM_Low projection
(appBfig07.png)			Appendix B Figure 07 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the CSIRO_Low projection
(appBfig08.png)			Appendix B Figure 08 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) (cm/year) for the HADN_Low projection
(appBfig09.png)			Appendix B Figure 09 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) (cm/year) for the CGCM_Mid projection
(appBfig10.png)			Appendix B Figure 10 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the CSIRO_Mid projection
(appBfig11.png)			Appendix B Figure 11 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) (cm/year) for the MIROC_Mid projection
(appBfig12.png)			Appendix B Figure 12 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the CGCM_High projection
(appBfig13.png)			Appendix B Figure 13 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the CSIRO_High projection
(appBfig14.png)			Appendix B Figure 14 - Change from reference in mean growing-season precipitation (May-October) for the MIROC_High projection
(appBfig15.png)			Appendix B Figure 15 - Change in regional growing-season climate conditions in the year 2060 under each of the climate projections
(appBfig16.png)			Appendix B Figure 16 - Change in annual precipitation versus change in winter precipitation for each climate projection in the year 2060
(appBfig17.png)			Appendix B Figure 17 - National cropland-weighted change in precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, relative to the reference, in 2080
(appBfig18.png)			Appendix B Figure 18 - Regional change in annual aridity classification for 2080. Color of Region column indicates aridity class of region in the reference scenario
(appBfig19.png)			Appendix B Figure 19 - Regional change in growing-season (May-October) aridity classification for 2080. Color of Region column indicates aridity class of region in the reference scenario
