Estimation and trend detection of water storage at Nam Co Lake, central Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-170

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Wu, Yanhong ^a   Zhu, Liping ^b   Wang, Junbo ^b   Li, Junsheng ^a   Chen, Dongmei ^c  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Nam Co Lake; Remote sensing; Tibetan Plateau; Water storage

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; GENERAL PATTERNS; GLACIAL MELTWATER; IN-SITU; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE AREAS; LAKE WATERS; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; NAM CO LAKE; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREND DETECTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS; WATER STORAGE; WATER STORAGE VARIATION;

BATHYMETRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE WATER; MELTWATER; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; RUNOFF; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; NAM CO; XIZANG;

EID: 79959933158     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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