Spatial-temporal patterns of water use efficiency and climate controls in China's Loess Plateau during 2000-2010

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 565, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-122

  Zhang, Tian ^a   Peng, Jian ^a   Liang, Wei ^b   Yang, Yuting ^c   Liu, Yanxu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Loess Plateau, China; Meteorological factors; Net primary productivity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDFORMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CHINA'S LOESS PLATEAUX; GRAIN-TO-GREEN PROGRAMS; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; LOESS PLATEAU; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER SUPPLY;

BIOME; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE CONTROL; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER USE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84964963589     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.126     Document Type: Article

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