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Water losses in arid and semi-arid zone: Evaporation, evapotranspiration and seepage

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The primary purpose of this study was to assess water losses by evapotranspiration, evaporation and seepage in arid zone. Normally, evaporation and seepage are the main causes of water losses. For modeling water losses, a combination of Genetic Programming (GP), Penman-Monteith (PM) and Penman combination model for measurement of evapotranspiration, evaporation and seepage has been developed. The results were found to be varying depending on how the evaporation and seepage phenomena are modeled. These results show that that there is an improvement in reducing evapotranspiration, evaporation and seepage losses in arid and semi-arid region.

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  1. State Key laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 Beijing road south, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China

    Jean de la Paix Mupenzi, Lanhai Li & Verenyam Achal

  2. China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China

    Jean de la Paix Mupenzi & Jiwen Ge

  3. Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali (INILAK), P O Box 6392, Kigali, Rwanda

    Jean de la Paix Mupenzi, Jean Ngamije & Gabriel Habiyaremye

  4. Institut Polytechnique de Byumba (IPB), PO Box 25, Byumba, Rwanda

    Jean de la Paix Mupenzi & Jean de Dieu Habumugisha

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de la Paix Mupenzi, J., Li, L., Ge, J. et al. Water losses in arid and semi-arid zone: Evaporation, evapotranspiration and seepage. J. Mt. Sci. 9, 256–261 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-012-2186-z

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