Impacts of climate change on the Qingjiang Watershed's runoff change trend in China

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 847-858

  Chen, Hua ^a   Xiang, Tiantian ^a   Zhou, Xing ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; HBV model; Qingjiang watershed; Statistical downscaling; Xin anjiang model

Indexed keywords

CHANGE TRENDS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HBV MODEL; HUBEI PROVINCE; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ONE-WAY COUPLINGS; QINGJIANG RIVER; SMOOTH SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; SUBTROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE; WATERSHED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; YANGTZE RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES;

WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONSOON; RUNOFF; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HUBEI; YANGTZE RIVER;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84862658401     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-011-0524-2     Document Type: Article

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