Effects of land use and climate change on groundwater and ecosystems at the middle reaches of the Tarim River using the MIKE SHE integrated hydrological model

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3040-3056

  Keilholz, Patrick ^a,b   Disse, Markus ^b   Halik, Ümüt ^c,d  

^a DHI WASY GmbH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate and land use scenarios; Groundwater recharge; Integrated hydrological modelling; Integrated water resources management; Mike SHE; Tarim River basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES); RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MIKE SHE; TARIM RIVER BASIN;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLOODING; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; OASIS; RECHARGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84938723428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7063040     Document Type: Article

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