What do we know about past changes in the water cycle of Central Asian headwaters? A review

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-25

  Unger Shayesteh, Katy ^a   Vorogushyn, Sergiy ^a   Farinotti, Daniel ^a,b   Gafurov, Abror ^a   Duethmann, Doris ^a   Mandychev, Alexander ^c   Merz, Bruno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG)   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciers; Hydrological change; Pamir; River runoff; Seasonal snow cover; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; PAMIR; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEASONAL SNOW COVER; TIEN SHAN;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; RESEARCH; SNOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84888008516     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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