Responses of hydrological processes to climate change in the Zhujiang river basin in the 21st century

Advances in Climate Change Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Liu, Lü Liu ^a,b   Jiang, Tong ^a,b   Xu, Jin Ge ^c   Zhai, Jian Qing ^a   Luo, Yong ^a,b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flood; Hydrological model HBV D; Low flow; Projection; Zhujiang river basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880645885     PISSN: 16749278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2012.00084     Document Type: Article

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