LAAuthors: Verhoef, W.; Muthuwatta, L.P.; Advisor: -; Participants: - (2014)
Thesis provides a brief description of the Karkheh River Basin, including geography, climate, agriculture, hydrology, demography, water management and the data used in this study; presents a literature review on satellite remote sensing and hydrological models applied in water resources management; presents the estimation of water availability and water consumption by the different vegetation classes in the Karkheh River Basin; preference-based multi-variable calibration using streamflow and actual evapotranspiration is described; strategies to improve wheat production in the basin to meet the production targets of 2025 are evaluated. 
