Quantitative assessment of the impact of climate variability and human activities on runoff changes: A case study in four catchments of the Haihe River basin, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1158-1174

  Wang, Weiguang ^a   Shao, Quanxi ^b   Yang, Tao ^a   Peng, Shizhang ^a   Xing, Wanqiu ^a   Sun, Fengchao ^a   Luo, Yufeng ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Haihe River basin; Human activities; Hydrological response

Indexed keywords

HAIHE RIVER BASIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELASTICITY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL TESTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

CHINA; HAI BASIN;

EID: 84875661339     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9299     Document Type: Article

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