A note on India’s water budget and evapotranspiration

Journal of Earth system science

T N Narasimhan1¹ 

[1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, University of California, Berkeley, Ca 94720-1760, USA.$$

关键词: India;    water budget;    evapotranspiration;    water policy;    water management.;   

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学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Some recent analyses of India ’s water budget are based on information attributed to the Ministry of Water Resources.An examination of the budget components indicates that they imply an evapotranspiration estimate that is significantly lower than what one may expect based on information from other sources.If such is the case,India ’s water resources situation may be more dire than is otherwise perceived.For,higher evapotranspiration implies correspondingly reduced availability of water for human use.It should be worthwhile to investigate and reconcile the apparent discrepancy between water budget and evapotranspiration,considering the importance of water in the national context.

【 授权许可】

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