Model estimation of water use efficiency for soil conservation in the lower heihe river basin, Northwest China during 2000-2008

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6250-6266

  Yan, Haiming ^a   Zhan, Jinyan ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Yuan, Yongwei ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; ET; Lower Heihe River Basin; Soil conservation; Water resources management; Water use efficiency; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84907943774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6096250     Document Type: Article

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