Quantitative estimation models and their application of ecological water use at a basin scale

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1351-1365

  Wang, Ranghui ^a   Lu, Xinmin ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hydroelectric and Xinjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Eco hydrology; Ecological water use (EWU); Quantitative estimation model; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL WATER USE (EWU); GROUND WATER TABLES; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION MODEL; RIVER COURSE; TARIM RIVERS; WATER AMOUNTS; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SURFACES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION; RIVERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 67349219678     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9330-0     Document Type: Article

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