Spatial-temporal changes of water resources in a typical semiarid basin of north china over the past 50 years and assessment of possible natural and socioeconomic causes

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1009-1034

  Yong, Bin ^a   Ren, Liliang ^a   Hong, Yang ^b   Gourley, Jonathan J ^c   Chen, Xi ^a   Dong, Jinwei ^b   Wang, Weiguang ^a   Shen, Yan ^d   Hardy, Jill ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NOAA/National Severe Storm Laboratory   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; LAOHAHE BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84879974450     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0116.1     Document Type: Article

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