semi-arid climate
Guideline for Groundwater Resource Management Using the GIS Tools in Arid to Semi Arid Climate Regions
... The quality of groundwater is generally under a considerable potential of contamination especially in coastal areas with arid and semi-arid climate like the study area. It is also ...
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Effect of water stress on growth, water consumption and yield of silage maize under flood irrigation in a semi-arid climate of Tadla (Morocco)
... 1979). Deficit irrigation is one way of maximizing water use efficiency (Bekele et al., 2007). The water requirements of maize (Zea mays L.) for all growing cycles vary from 500 to 800 mm (Brouwer et al., 1986). Under ...
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Study of rainfall intensities for micro-scales in a semi-arid zone (Tunis) by FIF model
... a semi-arid climate resulted in a very intermittent rain (percentage of non rain exceeding 98% ) gives a biased estimate of the parameters: overestimation of C 1 , the codimension of the singularity ...
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Mineralization mechanisms of groundwater in a semi-arid area in Algeria: statistical and hydrogeochemical approaches
... MATERIALS AND METHODS Study area The Ain Oussera plain ( Figure 1(a) ) is located in the cen- tral part of northern Algeria between longitudes 2 20 0 and 3 45 0 E and latitudes 34 55 0 and 35 40 0 N, and covers ...
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Response of Artemisia herba alba to hexavalent chromium pollution under arid and semi-arid conditions
... the arid and semi-arid steppe Algerian ...the arid and semi-arid climate of Algerian steppe region, due principally to their morphological and physiological ...
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Sensitivity Analysis of Passive Design Strategies for Residential Buildings in Cold Semi-Arid Climates
... Quetta City is an example of those important middle-sized cities that face rapid urban expansion in Pakistan. The city has an urban population of over one million, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2017 ...
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Enhancing agroecosystem productivity with woody perennials in semi-arid West Africa. A meta-analysis
... P. reticulatum leaf biomass applied as a mulch at 1.25 or 2.25 t DM ha −1 on a tropical ferruginous soil (Lixisol) in Burkina Faso increased sorghum grain yields by 14 and 28%, respectively, compared to a non-mulched ...
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Drought rapidly diminishes the large net CO2 uptake in 2011 over semi-arid Australia
... extreme climate variability, creating several-fold larger fluctuations in pre- cipitation and terrestrial primary productivity than encountered in all other continents (Supplementary ...of semi-arid ...
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2020 — Modified marshall mix design method for asphalt roads in hot and arid climate
... The temperature was measured over different seasons of the year using special measuring tools (Thermocouples) at different depths up to 300 mm from the pavement surface. This technique provides the temperature changes ...
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Survey of pigeonpea production systems, utilization and marketing in semi-arid lands of Kenya.
... Received 26 April 2000, accepted 23 May 2001. In order to assess the status of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) production in Kenya, two surveys were carried out in Makueni and Mbeere Districts in areas ...
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Rain-fed agriculture thrived despite climate degradation in the pre-Hispanic arid Andes
... distinct climate model simulations (see Materials and Methods and table S4), with black circles showing the grid points where at least three simulations agree on the sign of the precipitation ...
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MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THYMUS ALGERIENSIS Boiss. & Reut. (LAMIACEAE) FROM A SEMI ARID AREA FROM ALGERIA
... The purpose of the present work is to study the morphological variation among populations of T. algeriensis by the description of the macro and micromorphological variation in leaf samples collected in ...
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Characterization of recharge mechanisms in a Precambrian basement aquifer in semi-arid south-west Niger
... water isotopes δ18O, δ2H analysis suggests two main groundwater recharge mechanisms: i.. direct recharge with nearly no post-rainfall fractionation signature and ii indirect recharge.[r] ...
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Do Agrometeorological Data Improve Optical Satellite-based Estimations of Herbaceous Yield in Sahelian Semi-Arid Ecosystems?
... Academic Editors: Sangram Ganguly, Compton Tucker, Alfredo R. Huete and Prasad S. Thenkabail Received: 23 April 2016; Accepted: 10 August 2016; Published: 18 August 2016 Abstract: Quantitative estimates of forage ...
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Reliability of a conceptual hydrological model in a semi-arid Andean catchment facing water-use changes
... varieties selected to represent phenological variations among crop varieties are at best a rough approximation of the real crop diversity used in the catchment. The simulation periods were chosen so as to represent ...
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IMPACT OF DIRECT SEEDING ON SOIL WATER RETENTION IN SEMI-ARID AREA (REGION HIGHLANDS OF WESTERN ALGERIA)
... In semi-arid areas with very small and often poorly distributed rainfall, the Direct sowing technique allows seedlings to dry and thus take advantage of the first ...
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Daily Rainfall-runoff Modelling By Neural Networks In Semi-arid Zone: Case Of Wadi Ouahrane’s Basin
... In this field, works of several authors show that these models inspired of biological neurons functioning, are very performing for simulation and flows forecasting on the watersheds. Several studies conducted in America ...
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Practice report of a family doctor in vocational training in a Brazilian Alagoas semi-arid area.
... In 1994 the Family Health Strategy was implanted by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) as the basis of its Primary Care public service. The lack of interest of the medical profess[r] ...
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IDENTIFICATION OF HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN A NORTH EASTERN ENDOREIC BASIN UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS (ALGERIA)
... This deterioration in the groundwater quality of the Tarf basin has been the subject of several local studies [4-5]. Studies on the hydrochemical behavior of water in arid and semi-arid zones have ...
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Characterisation of fissured aquifers in the semi-arid region of the mid-Atlas plateau (Oulmès, Morocco)
... Keywords : Groundwater, Characterisation, Recharge, Mapping, Oulmès, Morocco Introduction Water supply in arid or semi-arid regions is highly dependent on groundwater availability. The Oulmès plateau ...
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