Model for calculating suitable scales of oases in a continental river basin located in an extremely arid region, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 571-580

  Lei, Yu ^a,b   Li, Xiangquan ^b   Ling, Hongbo ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Water Resources Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Climate change; Suitable scale of oasis; Tarim Basin; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL WATER DEMAND; EXTREMELY ARID REGIONS; REASONABLE PROPORTION; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SUITABLE SCALE OF OASIS; TARIM BASIN; WATER BALANCE;

RIVERS;

EID: 84920710099     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3328-0     Document Type: Article

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