The demand and use of water resources is permanently increasing, while the quality of water is dropping and the availability of water in the context of climate change is becoming uncertain. To meet these growing problems it is necessary to carefully assess the existing water stocks and future tre...
Matin, Mir Abdul
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Palliyaguruge, Mahendra N.
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Mohideen, Sadir
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Yapa, Nishath
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Alankara, Ranjith
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Gunasinghe, Sarath
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Jayakody, Priyantha
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[Development of a water resources assessment and audit framework for Sri Lanka]
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Development of a water resources assessment and audit framework for Sri Lanka
Assessment and provision of Environmental Flows (EF) is important for the protection of aquatic ecosystems. EF are a set of discharges of a particular magnitude, frequency and timing that are necessary to ensure a certain range of benefits from a river. Such flows need to be scientifically determ...
Dissanayake, Priyanka
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Weragala, Neelanga
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Environmental flow assessment: recent examples from Sri Lanka]
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Environmental flow assessment: recent examples from Sri Lanka
Climate is changing world-wide, and the science community in Sri Lanka has come up with ample evidence to suggest that the country?s climate has already changed. During 1961-1990 the country?s mean air temperature increased by 0.016 0C per year, and the mean annual rainfall decreased by 144 mm (7...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts and adaptation options for Sri Lanka: a review]
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Observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts and adaptation options for Sri Lanka: a review
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha
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Bharati, Luna
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[Hydrological and environmental issues of inter-basin water transfers in India: a case study of the Krishna River Basin]
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Hydrological and environmental issues of inter-basin water transfers in India: a case study of the Krishna River Basin
Bharati, Luna
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Anand, B.K.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Analysis of the Inter-basin Water Transfer Scheme in India: a case study of the Godavari-Krishna link]
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Analysis of the Inter-basin Water Transfer Scheme in India: a case study of the Godavari-Krishna link
Climate is changing world wide, and the science community in Sri Lanka have come up with ample evidence to suggest that the country?s climate has already changed. During 1961- 1990 it?s mean air temperature has increased by 0.016 0C per year (higher than the global average of 0.013 0C), and mean ...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[How prepared are water and agricultural sectors in Sri Lanka for climate change?: a review]
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How prepared are water and agricultural sectors in Sri Lanka for climate change?: a review
Karimov, Akmal
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Aulchaev, T.
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Borisov, V.
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[Transformation of a negative impact of upstream irrigation and the benefits for downstream water users: an example of Ferghana Valley. In Russian]
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Transformation of a negative impact of upstream irrigation and the benefits for downstream water users: an example of Ferghana Valley. In Russian
This paper addresses the need for agricultural water storage in developing countries. Rainfall variability is an important factor in development and translates directly into a need for water storage. In many places rainfall variability is likely to be amplified (even where the total amount of rai...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Agricultural water storage in developing countries]
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Agricultural water storage in developing countries
This study examines the global patterns and impacts of droughts through the mapping of several drought-related characteristics - either at a grid or a country scale. Characteristics cover various aspects of droughts from global distribution of meteorological and hydrological drought risks to soci...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha
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[A global picture of drought occurrence, magnitude and preparedness]
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A global picture of drought occurrence, magnitude and preparedness
Streamflow data play a key role in water resources management; however these data are not often available. One of the alternatives then is to use the rainfall-runoff models, but in most cases the required inputs such as rainfall and evapotranspiration are not available to use these models. Freely...
Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha
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Agrawal, R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Perera, B. J. C.
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[An artificial neural network model for simulating streamflow using remote sensing data]
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An artificial neural network model for simulating streamflow using remote sensing data