A quantitative assessment of the genetic sources of the hydrologic flow regimes in Upper Indus Basin and its significance in a changing climate

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 509, Issue , 2014, Pages 549-572

  Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit ^a   Khan, Asif ^b  

^a JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacial melt; Hydrologic flow regime; Seasonal snowmelt; Upper Indus Basin

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RAINFALL CONTRIBUTIONS; RECURSIVE DIGITAL FILTERING; SNOWMELT; TOTAL ANNUAL FLOWS; UPPER INDUS BASIN;

AERODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN;

EID: 84890882374     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.059     Document Type: Article

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