Baseflow characteristics in alpine rivers — a multi-catchment analysis in Northwest China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 614-625

  Gan, Rong ^a,b   Sun, Lin ^a   Luo, Yi ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Baseflow index; Glacier melt; Recession constant; Snowmelt; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA;

EID: 84930196216     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2959-z     Document Type: Article

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