[HTML][HTML] Agricultural production in Qatar's hot arid climate

T Karanisa, A Amato, R Richer, S Abdul Majid… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agriculture has played an essential role in the provision of food and has been a major factor
in overall economic development for societies around the world for millennia. In the past …

[HTML][HTML] Agri-food markets in Qatar: Drivers, trends, and policy responses

T Ben Hassen, H El Bilali, M Al-Maadeed - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Agri-food markets are vital in achieving food security, especially for resource-poor, food-
importing countries such as Qatar. The paper provides an overview of the evolution of agri …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting daily reference evapotranspiration for Canada using the Penman–Monteith model and statistically downscaled global climate model projections

X Yan, A Mohammadian - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The forecasting performance for daily reference evapotranspiration (ET 0) at six weather
stations in Canada using the Penman–Monteith (P–M) model and statistically downscaled …

Assessing the physical and empirical reference evapotranspiration (ETo) models and time series analyses of the influencing weather variables on ETo in a semi-arid …

SH Ahmadi, Z Javanbakht - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of irrigation requirement is necessary for conserving the quantity and
quality of water resources. Generally, irrigation requirement is estimated by calculating …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal selection of empirical reference evapotranspiration method in 36 different agricultural zones of China

Y Yang, R Chen, C Han, Z Liu, X Wang - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Food and Agriculture Organization has proposed the current version of the Penman–
Monteith method (FAO56-PM) as the standard for calculating reference evapotranspiration …

Remote sensing of desertification and study of temporal variability of aeolian deposits in parts of the Arabian Desert for sustainable development in an arid …

S Rajendran, HAS Al Kuwari, FN Sadooni, S Nasir… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aeolian deposit in part of the Arabian Desert is mapped using ASTER data to understand
desertification, land encroachment, and degradation, and to assess agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Daily Evapotranspiration Estimations by Direct Calculation and Temporal Upscaling Based on Field and MODIS Data

Y Jiang, J Wang, Y Wang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Daily evapotranspiration (ET) integration is essential to various applications of agricultural
water planning and management, ecohydrology, and energy balance studies. The constant …

Human health risk assessment associated with the reuse of treated wastewater in arid areas

B Shomar, J Rovira - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Qatar produces more than 850,000 m 3/day of highly treated wastewater. The present study
aims at characterizing the effluents coming out of three central wastewater treatment plants …

Recycling of gas-to-liquid sludge as a potential organic amendment: Effect on soil and cotton properties under hyperarid conditions

O Mabrouk, H Hamdi, S Sayadi, MA Al-Ghouti… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Gas-to-liquid (GTL) sludge is a specific wastewater treatment by-product, which is
generated during the industrial process of natural gas conversion to transportation fuels …

Estimating future daily pan evaporation for Qatar using the Hargreaves model and statistically downscaled global climate model projections under RCP climate …

X Yan, A Mohammadian - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Evaporation plays a significant role in the hydrologic cycle, and thus the estimation of
evaporative demand is crucial for water resources management and irrigation scheduling …