Regional hydrological effects of grassland degradation in the Loess Plateau of China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 13-14, 1998, Pages 2279-2288

  Wang, Qinxue ^a,b   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Environmental degradation; Grassland; Hydrology; Land use; Loess Plateau; Modeling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

WATER DEFICIT INDEX;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0032194629     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19981030)12:13/14<2279::aid-hyp735>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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