Vegetation control in the long-term self-stabilization of the Liangzhou Oasis of the Upper Shiyang River watershed of west-central Gansu, Northwest China

Earth Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Bourque, Charles P A ^a,b   Hassan, Quazi K ^c  

^a GANSU PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desertification; GA training and validation; Lifting condensation level; Oasis eco hydrometeorology; Orographic precipitation; Soil water storage; Vegetation distribution

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FORESTRY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURVEYING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

DESERTIFICATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; SOIL WATER STORAGE; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

VEGETATION;

EID: 77956903727     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009EI286.1     Document Type: Article

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