Aral Sea syndrome desiccates Lake Urmia: Call for action

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 307-311

  AghaKouchak, Amir ^a   Norouzi, Hamid ^b   Madani, Kaveh ^c   Mirchi, Ali ^d   Azarderakhsh, Marzi ^e   Nazemi, Ali ^f   Nasrollahi, Nasrin ^a   Farahmand, Alireza ^a   Mehran, Ali ^a   Hasanzadeh, Elmira ^f  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drought; Lake Urmia; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DROUGHT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; LAKE URMIA; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; SUSTAINABLE RESTORATION;

LAKES;

EID: 84923561730     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.007     Document Type: Note

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