Study on the estimation of precipitation resources for rainwater harvesting agriculture in semi-arid land of China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-45

  Wei, Hong ^a,c   Li, Jian Long ^a   Liang, Tian Gang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems (GIS); Precipitation resources estimation; Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA); Semi arid land; Supplemental irrigation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION;

DECISION MAKING; GIS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN;

ASIA; CHINA; DINGXI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; WORLD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 9944265797     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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