On the relationship between historical land-use change and water availability: The case of the lower Tarim River region in northwestern China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-261

  Liu, T ^a   Fang, H ^b   Willems, P ^a   Bao, A M ^b   Chen, X ^b   Veroustraete, F ^c   Dong, Q H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cumulative LAI; Groundwater storage; Irrigation surface area; Land use change; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE LAI; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; SURFACE AREA; TARIM RIVER;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER CONSERVATION;

RIVERS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; RIVER FLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84872179770     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9223     Document Type: Article

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