Projecting streamflow in the Tangwang River basin (China) using a rainfall generator and two hydrological models

Climate Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-97

  Liu, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Aijing ^b   Wang, Lei ^a   Fu, Guobin ^c   Chen, Deliang ^d   Liu, Changming ^e   Cai, Tijiu ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^f NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP5; HIMS; Hydro Informatic Modeling System; Multisite stochastic rainfall generator; Soil and Water Assessment Tool; Statistical downscaling; SWAT; Tangwang River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84920946593     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01261     Document Type: Article

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