Sensitivity of Salinity Intrusion to Sea Level Rise and River Flow Change in Vietnamese Mekong Delta-Impacts on Availability of Irrigation Water for Rice Cropping

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-176

  Kotera, Akihiko ^a   Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Yokozawa, Masayuki ^a   Khang, Nguyen Duy ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Southern Institute of Water Resources Research   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Irrigation water; Rice crop vulnerability; Salinity intrusion; Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957589804     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.64.3.4     Document Type: Article

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