Climate change over the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin during 1961-2005

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-420

  You, Qinglong ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a   Wu, Yanhong ^c   Yan, Yuping ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Sensitivity; Yarlung Zangbo river basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049047383     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-007-0409-y     Document Type: Article

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