Assessments of Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff with SWAT for the Huifa River Basin, Northeast China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2199-2217

  Zhang, Aijing ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Fu, Guobin ^b   Wang, Bende ^a   Bao, Zhenxin ^c,d   Zheng, Hongxing ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d MWR   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human activities; Multi reservoir catchment; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NATURAL RUNOFF; NORTHEAST CHINA; RADIATION VARIATIONS; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT; WATER PROJECTS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIRESERVOIR SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HUIFA BASIN; JILIN;

EID: 84860858910     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0010-8     Document Type: Article

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