Mapping basin-level water productivity using remote sensing and secondary data in the Karkheh river basin, Iran

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-133

  Ahmad, Mobin ud Din ^a,b   Islam, Md Aminul ^a   Masih, Ilyas ^a   Muthuwatta, Lal ^a   Karimi, Poolad ^c   Turral, Hugh ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c International Water Management Institute (IWMI)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crop water productivity; Karkheh; Livestock water productivity; Remote sensing; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650786921     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802663903     Document Type: Article

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