Modelling irrigated maize with a combination of coupled-model simulation and uncertainty analysis, in the northwest of China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1465-1480

  Li, Y ^a   Kinzelbach, W ^b   Zhou, J ^c   Cheng, G D ^c   Li, X ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; COMBINING MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; CROP GROWTH MODEL; CROP PRODUCTION; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HEIHE RIVER; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; NORTHWEST CHINA; REDUCED DATA; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SEMI ARID;

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ARID REGION; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861815496     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1465-2012     Document Type: Article

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