Analysis of changes in climate and river discharge with focus on seasonal runoff predictability in the Aksu River Basin

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 501-516

  Kundzewicz, Z W ^a,e   Merz, B ^b   Vorogushyn, S ^b   Hartmann, H ^c   Duethmann, D ^b   Wortmann, M ^a   Huang, Sh ^a   Su, B ^d   Jiang, T ^d   Krysanova, V ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^e INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Precipitation; River Aksu; River Tarim; Streamflow; Temperature; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL FORECASTING; TREND ANALYSIS; TREND DETECTION;

RIVERS;

EID: 84920709829     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3137-5     Document Type: Article

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