Hydro-spatial hierarchical method for siting water harvesting reservoirs in dry areas

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-404

  El Awar, F A ^a   Makke, M K ^a   Zurayk, R A ^a   Mohtar, R H ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER HARVESTING;

CROPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF;

HARVESTING;

EID: 0034217098     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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