Assessing water resources in China using PRECIS projections and a VIC model

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-240

  Wang, G Q ^a,b   Zhang, J Y ^a,b   Jin, J L ^a,b   Pagano, T C ^c   Calow, R ^d   Bao, Z X ^a,b   Liu, C S ^a,b   Liu, Y L ^a,b   Yan, X L ^a,b  

^a NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; CLIMATE CONDITION; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; MODEL FINDING; MODEL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INFILTRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84879256081     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-231-2012     Document Type: Article

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