Statistical assessment of the impact of conservation measures on streamflow responses in a watershed of the Loess Plateau, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1935-1949

  Dou, Lin ^a,b   Huang, Mingbin ^a,c   Hong, Yang ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mann Kendall; Pettitt's test; Regression method; Soil conversation; Streamflow; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL RUNOFF; BASEFLOW; CHANGE-POINT; CONSERVATION MEASURES; FLOW DURATION CURVE; LOESS PLATEAU; LOW FLOW; MANN-KENDALL; MANN-KENDALL TEST; NON-PARAMETRIC; PETTITT'S TEST; REGRESSION METHOD; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; TESTING; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASEFLOW; FLOW PATTERN; LOW FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 67650373439     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9361-6     Document Type: Article

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