Changes in runoff and eco-flow in the Dongjiang River of the Pearl River Basin, China

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 547-557

  Lin, Kairong ^a   Lian, Yanqing ^b   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Lu, Fan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

change point analysis; eco flow; hydrologic alteration; runoff

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

CHINA; DONG RIVER [CHINA]; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84911881538     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-014-0434-y     Document Type: Article

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