Assessing the spatial and temporal variation of the rainwater harvesting potential (1971-2010) on the Chinese Loess Plateau using the VIC model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 534-544

  Zhang, Baoqing ^a,b   Wu, Pute ^a,b   Zhao, Xining ^a,b   Gao, Xiaodong ^a,b   Shi, Yinguang ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semiarid region; Distributed hydrological model; Macro scale hydrological modelling; Mann Kendall test; Variable infiltration capacity model; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; MANN-KENDALL TEST; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RAINWATER; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; JING RIVER; LOESS PLATEAU; QINHE BASIN; SHAANXI; WEI RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84891742097     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9608     Document Type: Article

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