Quantitative assessment of climate change and human impacts on long-term hydrologic response: A case study in a sub-basin of the Yellow River, China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2130-2137

  Wang, Jiahu ^a,b   Hong, Yang ^a   Gourley, Jonathan ^c   Adhikari, Pradeep ^a   Li, Li ^a,b   Su, Fengge ^d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOAA/National Severe Storm Laboratory   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human impact; Hydrology; Impact factor formula; Run off

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC DATA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IMPACT FACTOR; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LONG-TERM TREND; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUBBASINS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; VIC MODEL; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER , CHINA;

HYDROLOGY; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); RIVERS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77955358945     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2023     Document Type: Article

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