Impact of Intensive Irrigation Activities on River Discharge Under Agricultural Scenarios in the Semi-Arid Aksu River Basin, Northwest China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 945-959

  Huang, Shaochun ^a   Krysanova, Valentina ^a   Zhai, Jianqing ^b   Su, Buda ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Aksu; Irrigation; SWIM; Tarim; WEAP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AKSU; ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; SWIM; TARIM; WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL; WEAP;

RIVERS;

EID: 84925538390     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0853-2     Document Type: Article

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