A high-resolution gridded dataset of water footprints  for China's major food crops from 2001 to 2020

Hua, En; Huang, Ling; Zhang, Liangliang; Zhao, Quanbo; Wang, Yingxuan; Wu, Bowei; Li, Sien; Cui, Yaokui; Wang, Yubao; Wang, Xuhui

doi:10.5194/essd-18-4097-2026

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A high-resolution gridded dataset of water footprints for China's major food crops from 2001 to 2020

En Hua, Ling Huang, Liangliang Zhang, Quanbo Zhao, Yingxuan Wang, Bowei Wu, Sien Li, Yaokui Cui, Yubao Wang, and Xuhui Wang

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