Exploration of drought evolution using numerical simulations over the Xijiang (West River) basin in South China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-77

  Niu, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Ji ^b   Sun, Liqun ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drought evolution; Soil moisture anomaly index (SMAI); South China; Standardized precipitation index (SPI); Standardized runoff index (SRI); Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; INFILTRATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

ANOMALY INDEXES; RUNOFF INDICES; SOUTH CHINA; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CHINA; XI RIVER;

EID: 84928543036     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.029     Document Type: Article

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