Optimal planning and operation of irrigation systems under water resource constraints in Oman considering climatic uncertainty

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1511-1521

  Schütze, Niels ^a   Kloss, Sebastian ^a   Lennartz, Franz ^a   Bakri, Ahmed Al ^b   Schmitz, Gerd H ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop water production function; Deficit irrigation; Oman; Optimal scheduling; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROP GROWTH; CROP-WATER PRODUCTION FUNCTION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DEMAND FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATORS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; OMAN; OPTIMAL IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; OPTIMAL PLANNING; OPTIMAL SCHEDULING; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; REGIONAL IMPACTS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; SULTANATE OF OMAN; UNDER WATER; WATER TRANSPORT; WEATHER GENERATOR;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MICROECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

OMAN;

EID: 84856977365     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1135-4     Document Type: Article

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