A macro-scale and semi-distributed monthly water balance model to predict climate change impacts in China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Guo, Shenglian ^a   Wang, Jinxing ^a   Xiong, Lihua ^a   Ying, Aiwen ^a   Li, Dingfang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; General circulation model; GIS; Macro scale basin; Runoff simulation; Water balance model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA;

EID: 0036845183     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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