Can climate change cause the Yellow River to dry up?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Liang, S ^a   Ge, S ^b   Wan, L ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIATION; DRYING-UP; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; SOURCE REGION; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER , CHINA; ZERO DISCHARGE;

RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77249143375     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007971     Document Type: Article

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