Internal Water footprint assessment of Saudi Arabia using the Water footprint Assessment Framework (WAF)

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 829-835

  Multsch, S ^a   Alrumaikhani, Y A ^b   Alharbi, O A ^b   Frede, H G ^a   Breuer, L ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

FAO56 CropWat; GIS based; Graphical user interface; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURE SECTORS; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; DRIP IRRIGATION; FAO56 CROPWAT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GIS-BASED; GLOBAL SCALE; GRAY WATER; HIGH YIELD; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION METHODS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOW WATER; NON-RENEWABLE; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; SALINISATION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT LEACHING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMI ARID; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL ENTITIES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SURFACE IRRIGATION; USER-DEFINED PARAMETERS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER LOSS; WATER RESOURCE UTILIZATION; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD POTENTIAL;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FRUITS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RATING; SOILS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84858828776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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