Impact of the glacial change on water resources in the Tarim River Basin

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-490

  Liu, Shiyin ^a,b   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Shangguan, Donghui ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Han, Haidong ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Xie, Changwei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Glacier change; Satellite remote sensing; Tarim River; Water resources

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTWATER; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33749256241     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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