Quantitative assessment of climate and human impacts on surface water resources in a typical semi-arid watershed in the middle reaches of the yellow river from 1985 to 2006

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-113

  Hu, Zhidan ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Wang, Zhongjing ^a   Hong, Yang ^c,d   Zheng, Hang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate fluctuations; Distributed biosphere hydrological model; Human activities; Semi arid Huangfuchuan River Basin; Surface water resources

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RIVER BASINS; SOIL-WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84921057456     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3965     Document Type: Article

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