Evaluating the spatiotemporal variations of water budget across China over 1951-2006 using IBIS model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-445

  Zhu, Qiuan ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Liu, Jinxun ^c   Wei, Xiaohua ^d   Peng, Changhui ^e   Fang, Xiuqing ^f   Liu, Shirong ^g   Zhou, Guomo ^b   Yu, Shuquan ^b   Ju, Weiming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

China; IBIS model; Spatiotemporal change; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; INTEGRATED BIOSPHERE SIMULATORS; MANN-KENDALL; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; NORTHERN CHINA; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE; WATER BUDGET; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

GAGES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77949630220     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7496     Document Type: Article

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