Responses of snowmelt runoff to climatic change in an inland river basin, Northwestern China, over the past 50 years

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1979-1987

  Wang, J ^a   Li, H ^a   Hao, X ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL AVERAGE; CHANGE TRENDS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC WARMING; HEIHE RIVER; INLAND RIVER BASIN; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDICES; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; OBSERVATION DATA; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SNOW COVER AREA; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT RUNOFF; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STUDY AREAS; TEMPERATURE RISING; TOPOGRAPHIC CORRECTION; WARMING CLIMATE; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RESOLUTION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 77958590241     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1979-2010     Document Type: Article

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