Inclusion of glacier processes for distributed hydrological modeling at basin scale with application to a watershed in Tianshan Mountains, northwest China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-85

  Luo, Yi ^a,b   Arnold, Jeff ^c   Liu, Shiyin ^d   Wang, Xiuying ^e   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier; Snow; Streamflow; SWAT

Indexed keywords

BASIN SCALE; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; DRAINAGE AREA; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE UNIT; MASS BALANCE; NORTHWEST CHINA; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWAT; SWAT MODEL; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIANSHAN; WATER BALANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

LANDFORMS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; EVAPORATION; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MELTWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; SUBLIMATION; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

CHINA; MANAS BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84871478254     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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