The simulation of snowmelt runoff in the ungauged Kaidu River Basin of TianShan Mountains, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1039-1045

  Dou, Yan ^a,b   Chen, Xi ^a   Bao, Anmin ^a   Li, Lanhai ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kaidu River Basin; Snowmelt runoff; SRM; Temperature interpolation; Ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

PRINCIPAL VARIABLES; RIVER BASINS; SIMULATION ACCURACY; SNOWMELT RUNOFF; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; TEMPERATURE INTERPOLATIONS; THREE TEMPERATURE; UNGAUGED BASINS;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGY; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER RESOURCE; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; KAIDU BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79951578869     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0592-5     Document Type: Article

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