Temporal and spatial variation of the main water balance components in the three rivers source region, China from 1960 to 2000

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 973-983

  Zhang, Yongyong ^a   Zhang, Shifeng ^a   Xia, Jun ^a   Hua, Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT); The three rivers source region (TRSR); Trend analysis; Water balance components

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOURCE REGION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS;

RIVERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84872848715     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1800-2     Document Type: Article

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