River discharge changes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 594-600

  Cao, Jianting ^a,b   Qin, Dahe ^a   Kang, Ersi ^c   Li, Yuanyuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Global warming; Hydrological cycle; Mann Kendall test; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Variation of river discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748852380     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0594-6     Document Type: Article

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