Effects of land-use and land-cover change on evapotranspiration and water yield in China during 1900-2000

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1193-1207

  Liu, Mingliang ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Chen, Guangsheng ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

China; Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model; Evapotranspiration; Land use and land cover change; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CHINA; DYNAMIC LAND ECOSYSTEM MODEL; LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER CHANGE; WATER YIELD;

WATER RESOURCES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PADDY FIELD; PEAK FLOW; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53549085211     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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