Water allocation and water consumption of irrigated agriculture and natural vegetation in the Aksu-Tarim river basin, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 112, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 87-97

  Thevs, Niels ^a   Peng, Haiyan ^a   Rozi, Ahmedjan ^a   Zerbe, Stefan ^b   Abdusalih, Nurbay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Cotton; Evapotranspiration; Remote sensing; Riparian vegetation; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPLOITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IRRIGATION; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84909646858     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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