Impacts of climate change on water resources availability and agricultural water demand in the West Bank

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2015-2029

  Mizyed, Numan ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Agricultural water demand; Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater; Mediterranean basin; Natural recharge; Precipitation; Precipitation excess; Water resources availability; West Bank

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER DEMAND; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; NATURAL RECHARGE; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION EXCESS; WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY; WEST BANK;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 67650381963     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9367-0     Document Type: Article

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