 Purpose of subject 1 from 2001 to 2005 |
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| 1. Monitoring of desertification |
| Monitoring and evaluation as to the vegetation, water resources,meteorology, and soil of the Loess Plateau |
| 2. Proposal of the method for recovering the ecosystem |
(1) Evaluation of the present condition of water balance in the
river basin
(2) Developing the water balance model and application |
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| Final goal of subject 1 from 2001 to 2005 |
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| 1. Development of diagnosis method |
1) Water resources･･･Development of monitoring method for hydrologic variables, and water
circulation model of river basin
(2) Vegetation and Meteorology･･･Monitoring of desertification using the biomass, soil water content, and remote sensing |
| 2. Development of measuring method |
(1) Water resources･･･Presentation of suitable land use scenario
from the point of water balance and/or the water use
efficiency
(2) Vegetation･･･Countermeasure for greening from the point
of ecosystem |
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| ---Macro scale---Aridity degree & potential distribution of vegetation |
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| ---River basin scale---Heat and water balances |
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