Water Balance Study and Irrigation Strategies for Sustainable Management of a Tropical Ethiopian Lake: A Case Study of Lake Alemaya

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2081-2107

  Setegn, Shimelis Gebriye ^a   Chowdary, V M ^b   Mal, B C ^b   Yohannes, Fikadu ^c   Kono, Yasuyuki ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chat; Ethiopia; Irrigation performance; Lake Alemaya; Lake water balance; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CHAT; DEPLETED FRACTIONS; DOMESTIC USE; DOMESTIC WATER USE; ETHIOPIA; IRRIGATED CROPS; IRRIGATION DEPTH; IRRIGATION INTERVAL; IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; IRRIGATION SCHEDULE; IRRIGATION WATERS; LAKE WATER BALANCE; LAKE WATER LEVEL; LAKE WATERS; LAND COVER; LOCAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; LOW LOSS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POOR PERFORMANCE; SATELLITE DATA; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE AREA; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER BALANCE; YIELD REDUCTION;

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; EXPANSION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLES; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CROPPING PRACTICE; IRRIGATION; LAKE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE ALEMAYA;

CATHA EDULIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960052180     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9797-y     Document Type: Article

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