Integration of hydrologic and water allocation models in basin-scale water resources management considering crop pattern and climate change: Karkheh River Basin in Iran

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 475-484

  Ashraf Vaghefi, S ^a   Mousavi, S J ^a   Abbaspour, K C ^b   Srinivasan, R ^c   Arnold, J R ^d  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Hydrologic modeling; MODSIM; SWAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890893114     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0573-9     Document Type: Article

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