Estimation of Agricultural Water Consumption from Meteorological and Yield Data: A Case Study of Hebei, North China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Yuan, Zaijian ^a,b   Shen, Yanjun ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGRICULTURAL WATER CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; GRAIN YIELD; IRRIGATION WATER CONSUMPTION; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84875010232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058685     Document Type: Article

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