Simulating monthly stream flow for the Upper Changjiang, China, under climatic change scenarios

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 596-605

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Long, Tian Yu ^b   Thorne, Robin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Hydrological model; Simulation; SLURP; Streamflow; Upper Yangtze basin

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SLURP; UPPER YANGTZE BASIN;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; STREAM FLOW;

SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 69949140416     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.3.596     Document Type: Article

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