Streamflow response to climate variability and human activities in the upper catchment of the Yellow River Basin

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3249-3256

  Zhao, Fangfang ^a,b   Xu, Zongxue ^a   Zhang, Lu ^b   Zuo, Depeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Human activities; Response; Streamflow; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SENSITIVITY-BASED METHOD; SIMULATION METHODS; STREAMFLOW CHANGES; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 75749084457     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-009-0354-3     Document Type: Article

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