Using path analysis to identify the influence of climatic factors on spring peak flow dominated by snowmelt in an alpine watershed

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 990-1000

  Zhang, Fei Yun ^a,b   Li, Lan Hai ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^c   Li, Xue Mei ^a,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine watershed; Path analysis; Peak flow; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904196095     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2789-z     Document Type: Article

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