Response of hydrologic processes to future climate changes in the Yangtze River Basin

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-222

  Ju, Qin ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a,b   Hao, Zhenchun ^a   Ou, Gengxin ^c   Wu, Zhiyong ^a   Yang, Chuanguo ^a   Gu, Huanghe ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Back propagation model; Climate change; Extreme floods; Hydrologic processes; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; EXTREME FLOOD; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGIC STATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOWER YANGTZE RIVERS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84925488172     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000770     Document Type: Article

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