Discharge of large Asian rivers - Observations and projections

Quaternary International

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 4-10

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Nohara, Daisuke ^c   Tong, Jiang ^d,e   Oki, Taikan ^f   Buda, Su ^d   Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi ^g  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 70349909907     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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