Impact of climate change on streamflow in the arid Shiyang River Basin of northwest China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2733-2744

  Wang, Zhonggen ^a   Ficklin, Darren L ^b   Zhang, Yongyong ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; PRECIS; Shiyang River Basin; Streamflow; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; EMISSION RATES; GAUGING STATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW EMISSION; NORTHWEST CHINA; PRECIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT; SWAT MODEL; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

ARID REGION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; GANSU; SHIYANG BASIN;

EID: 84863974332     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8378     Document Type: Article

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