Coupling a glacier melt model to the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model for hydrological modeling in north-western China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-101

  Zhao, Qiudong ^a   Ye, Baisheng ^a   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Zhang, Shiqiang ^a   Yi, Shuhua ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Shangguan, Donghui ^a   Zhao, Chuancheng ^a   Han, Haidong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aksu River basin; Energy balance glacier melt model; Hydrological modeling; Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; DOWNSTREAM REGION; EFFICIENCY COEFFICIENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND SURFACE; MACRO SCALE; OBSERVED DATA; RISING TEMPERATURES; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF COMPONENTS; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT WATER; SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; VIC MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPLING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER FLOW; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; WATER RESOURCE;

AKSU BASIN;

EID: 84871931362     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1718-8     Document Type: Article

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