Impacts of climate change on hydrological processes in the headwater catchment of the Tarim River basin, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-208

  Liu, Zhaofei ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^a   Huang, Junxiong ^a   Charles, Stephen P ^b   Fu, Guobin ^b  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change projection; Delta method; General circulation model (GCM); Scenario; Variable infiltration capacity model; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; DELTA METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SCENARIO; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77949642605     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7493     Document Type: Article

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