Estimating increased evapotranspiration losses caused by irrigated agriculture as part of the water balance of the orari catchment, Canterbury, New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-94

  Schmidt, Jochen ^a   Kienzle, Stefan W ^b   Srinivasan, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture intensification; Evapotranspiration; Irrigated agriculture; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; ORARI BASIN; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77953008409     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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