Glacier change and glacier runoff variation in the Tuotuo River basin, the source region of Yangtze River in western China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Xu, Junli ^a   Shangguan, Donghui ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier change; Glacier runoff; River runoff; Tuotuo River basin; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; RUNOFF; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER CHANGES; HIGH-RESOLUTION; ICE MASSES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER RUNOFF; RIVER RUNOFFS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOURCE REGIONS; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS; TUOTUO RIVER BASIN; WESTERN CHINAS; YANGTZE RIVERS;

RIVERS;

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TUOTUO RIVER BASIN;

EID: 54049107382     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1139-2     Document Type: Article

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