Glacier and runoff changes in the Rukhk catchment, upper Amu-Darya basin until 2050

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-73

  Hagg, Wilfried ^a   Hoelzle, Martin ^b   Wagner, Stephan ^c   Mayr, Elisabeth ^a   Klose, Zbynek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c ITos GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aral Sea; Glacier parameterization; Hydrological model; Pamirs; Runoff scenarios

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

ARAL-SEA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MANUAL CALIBRATION; PAMIRS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

RUNOFF;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DEGLACIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

AMU DARYA BASIN; ARAL SEA; PAMIRS; RUKHK; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84887614845     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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