Spatial Climate Variability and Its Impact on Irrigated Hydrology in a Canal Command

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 507-522

  Basharat, Muhammad ^a   Tariq, Ata ur Rehman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Equity; Groundwater recharge; Irrigated hydrology; Reallocation; Water requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874032230     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0336-9     Document Type: Article

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