Quantifying the magnitude of the impact of climate change and human activity on runoff decline in Mian River Basin, China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-791

  Fan, Jing ^a,c   Tian, Fei ^a,b   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Han, Shumin ^a   Qiu, Guoyu ^d  

^a Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xinjiang Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Driving factor; North China; Runoff decline; SWAT hydrology model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL RUNOFF; DRIVING FACTORS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; NORTH CHINA; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT HYDROLOGY MODEL;

CLIMATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SIMULATION; WATERSHED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

WATER;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; WATER;

EID: 78349233147     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.294     Document Type: Article

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