Runoff responses to climate change in arid region of northwestern China during 1960-2010

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-300

  Wang, Huaijun ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Deng, Haijun ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

arid region; climate change; hydroclimatic variables; step change; water resources

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

AKSU RIVER; CHINA; SHULE RIVER; TIEN SHAN; TURKEY; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84879092767     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-013-0605-x     Document Type: Article

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