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            https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2399-2020
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A novel regional irrigation water productivity model coupling irrigation- and drainage-driven soil hydrology and salinity dynamics and shallow groundwater movement in arid regions in China
Jingyuan Xue
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
                                    Zailin Huo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
                                            
                                    
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
                                    Shuai Wang
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
                                    Chaozi Wang
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
                                    Ian White
                                            Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National
University,  Fenner Building 141, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
                                        
                                    Isaya Kisekka
                                            University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water
Resources  and Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
                                        
                                    Zhuping Sheng
                                            Texas A & M AgriLife Research Center, El Paso, Texas 79927-5020, USA
                                        
                                    Guanhua Huang
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
                                    Xu Xu
                                            Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural
University, Beijing 100083, China
                                        
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 - Saline groundwater formation in an extremely arid inland basin in northwestern China M. Luo et al. 10.1007/s10040-025-02894-3
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 - Salt Accumulation during Cropping Season in an Arid Irrigation Area with Shallow Water Table Depth: A 10-Year Regional Monitoring C. Wang et al. 10.3390/w14101664
 - Influences of paleoclimatic environment and hydrogeochemical evolution on groundwater salinity in an arid inland plain in northwestern China Y. Lei et al. 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105688
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 - Crop Water Productivity from Cloud-Based Landsat Helps Assess California’s Water Savings D. Foley et al. 10.3390/rs15194894
 - Significant differences in agro-hydrological processes and water productivity between canal- and well-irrigated areas in an arid region R. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107637
 - WHCrop: A novel water-heat driven crop model for estimating the spatiotemporal dynamics of crop growth for arid region L. He et al. 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108410
 - Effects of canal damage characteristics on canal seepage based on a three-dimensional numerical model X. Han et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127295
 - A classification-based spatiotemporal adaptive fusion model for the evaluation of remotely sensed evapotranspiration in heterogeneous irrigated agricultural area S. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2022.112962
 - Modeling and Evaluating Soil Salt and Water Transport in a Cultivated Land–Wasteland–Lake System of Hetao, Yellow River Basin’s Upper Reaches G. Wang et al. 10.3390/su142114410
 
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Short summary
            Due to increasing food demand and limited water resources, the quantification of the irrigation water productivity (IWP) is critical. Hydrological processes in irrigated areas differ in different watersheds owing to different irrigation–drainage activities, and this is more complex with shallow groundwater. Considering the complexity of the IWP, we developed a regional IWP model to simulate its spatial distribution; this informs irrigation managers on where they can improve IWP and save water.
            Due to increasing food demand and limited water resources, the quantification of the irrigation...