Reconstructing and analyzing China's fifty-nine year (1951-2009) drought history using hydrological model simulation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2881-2894

  Wu, Z Y ^a   Lu, G H ^a   Wen, L ^b   Lin, C A ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; AIR TEMPERATURE; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GRID POINTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGY MODELS; IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE; INNER MONGOLIA; LAND SURFACE; MACRO SCALE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SCALE; UPWARD TREND; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; XINJIANG;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA;

EID: 80052898008     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2881-2011     Document Type: Article

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