Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234550 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Land Use Science [ISSN:] 1747-4248 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] London [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 94-110
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, London
Abstract: 
Long-term monitoring of the extent and intensity of irrigation systems is needed to track crop water consumption and to adapt land use to a changing climate. We mapped the expansion and changes in the intensity of irrigated dry season cropping in Turkey´s Southeastern Anatolia Project annually from 1990 to 2018 using Landsat time series. Irrigated dry season cropping covered 5,779 km² (± 479 km²) in 2018, which represents an increase of 617% over the study period. Dry season cropping was practiced on average every second year, but spatial variability was pronounced. Increases in dry season cropping frequency were observed on 40% of the studied croplands. The presented maps enable the identification of land use intensity hotspots at 30 m spatial resolution, and can thus aid in assessments of water consumption and environmental degradation. All maps are openly available for further use at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4287661.
Subjects: 
water resource management
cropping intensity
fallow frequency
irrigation
crop water requirements
Google Earth Engine
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