Effects of land use changes on the hydrological sustainability of mountain oases in northern Oman

Plant and Soil

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Luedeling, Eike ^a   Buerkert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al Jabal al Akhdar; Evapotranspiration modeling; Falaj; NUATMOS; Penman Monteith; Transformation process

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; OASIS; ORCHARD; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

EID: 39249084809     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9515-y     Document Type: Article

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