Assessment of spatial and temporal patterns of green and blue water flows under natural conditions in inland river basins in Northwest China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2859-2870

  Zang, C F ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Van Der Velde, M ^b   Kraxner, F ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; BLUE WATER; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CLIMATE CONDITION; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GREEN WATER; GREEN WATER FLOW; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; HISTORICAL TRENDS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INLAND RIVER BASIN; LAND COVER; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NATURAL FLOW; NORTHWEST CHINA; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER BASINS; SNOW COVERS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBBASINS; SWAT MODEL; TEMPORAL PATTERN; WATER RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ARID REGIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ARID REGION; BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; FRESHWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SNOWMELT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84865506553     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2859-2012     Document Type: Article

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