Runoff simulations using water and energy balance equations in the lower reaches of the Heihe River, northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Li, Zhuolun ^a   Wang, Nai'ang ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Mengna ^a   Dong, Chunyu ^a   Huang, Rong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Energy balance equation; Heihe River; Paleo hydrology; Runoff; Water balance equation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; HEIHE RIVER; NORTHWEST CHINA; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RUNOFF SIMULATION; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER BALANCE EQUATION;

ARID REGIONS; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROLOGY;

RUNOFF;

ARID REGION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84881666369     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2099-8     Document Type: Article

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