Response of streamflow to climate changes in the Yellow River basin, China

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1113-1126

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate change; Streamflow; Water budget balace

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 83455186900     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-10-05004.1     Document Type: Article

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