Recent changes of glacier runoff in the Hexi Inland river basin

Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-350

  Gao, Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Shi Qiang ^b   Ye, Bai Sheng ^a,b   Gao, Hong Kai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Degree day model; Glacier mass balance; Glacier runoff; The Hexi Inland River basin

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

DEGREE-DAY MODEL; GLACIER INVENTORY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RUNOFF; HEIHE RIVER; INLAND RIVER BASIN; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; OBSERVED DATA; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATURE DATA; VECTOR MAPS;

GLACIERS;

EID: 79960040690     PISSN: 10016791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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