Assessing the impacts of climate variability and human activities on annual runoff in the Luan River basin, China

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 940-952

  Xu, Xiangyu ^a   Yang, Hanbo ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Ma, Huan ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Human activity; Hydrological model; Luan river basin; Runoff decrease

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LOWER CATCHMENTS; RIVER BASINS; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HEBEI; LUANHE BASIN; PANJIAKOU RESERVOIR;

EID: 84890027621     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.144     Document Type: Article

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