Analysis of impacts of climate variability and human activity on streamflow for a river basin in northeast China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 410, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Zhang, Yongfang ^a,b   Guan, Dexin ^a   Jin, Changjie ^a   Wang, Anzhi ^a   Wu, Jiabing ^a   Yuan, Fenghui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Change point analysis; Climate variability; Human activity; Streamflow trends

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CHANGE TRENDS; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MANN-KENDALL; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NON-PARAMETRIC; NORTHEAST CHINA; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; WEATHER STATIONS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EQUATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA;

EID: 80055109703     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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