Hydrograph-based hydrologic alteration assessment and its application to the Yellow River

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ma, Z Z ^a   Wang, Z J ^a   Xia, T ^a   Gippel, C J ^b   Speed, R ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fluvial Systems Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Okeanos Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow event; HHA; Hydrologic regime alteration; IHA RVA; The Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899977941     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201400252     Document Type: Article

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