Distinguishing the relative impacts of climate change and human activities on variation of streamflow in the poyang lake catchment, china

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 494, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-95

  Ye, Xuchun ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^b   Liu, Jian ^c   Li, Xianghu ^b   Xu, Chong Yu ^d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c Water Research Institute of Shandong Province   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human activities; Hydrological response; MK test; Poyang Lake catchment

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MK TEST; PO-YANG LAKES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECTS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BUDGET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE;

EID: 84878455140     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.036     Document Type: Article

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