Abstract: The Yellow River Basin is a closed basin under serious stress with dense population, intensive agriculture, and excess water withdrawals. Low water use efficiency and groundwater overexploitation are threatening the ...

Abstract: Weather data measured in urban areas are generally more easily available than those in rural areas. If the urban weather data are used to calculate the reference crop evapotranspiration (

Abstract: Climatic variability and human activities are the two primary factors that affect basin hydrology, and thus quantification of their effects is of great importance for water resources management and sustainable development ...