Assessing the impact of climate variability on catchment water balance and vegetation cover

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-58

  Xu, X ^a   Yang, D ^a   Sivapalan, M ^b,c,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; LONG-TERM WATER BALANCES; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SEASON PRECIPITATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RUNOFF; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879425339     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-43-2012     Document Type: Article

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