Large-scale hydrological modeling and decision-making for agricultural water consumption and allocation in the main stem Tarim River, China

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2821-2839

  Yu, Yang ^a,b   Disse, Markus ^a   Yu, Ruide ^b   Yu, Guoan ^a,c   Sun, Lingxiao ^b   Huttner, Philipp ^a   Rumbaur, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural water allocation; Irrigation and land use scenarios; Irrigation water demand; MIKE HYDRO; Tarim River basin; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; FARMS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATIONS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MIKE HYDRO; TARIM RIVER BASIN; WATER SCARCITY;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84938682067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7062821     Document Type: Article

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