Evaluation of methods for estimating the effects of vegetation change and climate variability on streamflow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Fangfang ^a,b   Zhang, Lu ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^a   Scott, David F ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EVALUATION OF METHODS; NEW ZEALAND; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRE-TREATMENT; SENSITIVITY-BASED METHOD; SOUTH AFRICA; STREAMFLOW CHANGES; TIME TRENDS; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION HISTORY; CALIBRATION PERIODS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 77949632491     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007702     Document Type: Article

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