Vegetation Quality Assessment of the Shaanxi Section of the Yellow River Basin Based on NDVI and Rain-Use Efficiency by Zhao Liu, Danyue Wang, Lei Han, Hongliang Kang, Xinxin Cao

“…The vegetation cover showed the spatial characteristics of high in the south and low in the north, which showed that the vegetation growth condition was poor in the wind-sand grassland area at the southern edge of the Mu Us Sandland in the northwestern part of Yulin City and the construction areas in the Guanzhong Plain. Meanwhile, the vegetation grew well in Yan’an City and the area close to the Qinba Mountains. …”
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Probability of rainfall-induced landslides coupled with effective-duration threshold and soil moisture by Kailiang Zhao, Haijun Qiu, Ya Liu, Zijing Liu, Wenchao Huangfu, Bingzhe Tang, Dongdong Yang, Guoqing Yang

“…Study region: Shaanxi Province, including the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, the Guanzhong Plain, and the Qinba Mountains in southern Shaanxi. …”
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Optimizing drip irrigation to enhance winter wheat performance: yield, economic benefits, and water use efficiency by Yanhui Wang, Haowei Sun, Li Wang

“…To evaluate the optimal drip irrigation amount, a 4-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of applying different water amounts (RF: rainfed; DI1, DI2, and DI3: 60, 120, and 180 mm of drip irrigation; FI3: 180 mm of traditional flood irrigation) on available soil water storage (ASWS), agronomic and physiological characteristics, yield, net income, and WUE of winter wheat in the Guanzhong Plain of China. The results showed that DI2 treatment performed the best among five treatments, which was attributed to the improvement of ASWS consumption in the 1–2 m soil layer, leaf area index, chlorophyll content, and net photosynthetic rate. …”
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