Hydrological Changes of the Irtysh River and the Possible Causes

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3195-3208

  Huang, Feng ^a   Xia, Ziqiang ^a   Li, Fan ^b   Guo, Lidan ^a   Yang, Fucheng ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological change; Reservoir operation; The Irtysh River

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; CLIMATIC IMPACT; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONCENTRATION DEGREE; DRY SEASONS; FLOOD SEASON; HEURISTIC SEGMENTATION METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRTYSH RIVER; MANN-KENDALL; RESERVOIR OPERATION; WATER SURFACE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEURISTIC METHODS; RUNOFF;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF;

IRTYSH RIVER;

EID: 84865522086     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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