Integrated index for drought assessment based on variable fuzzy set theory: A case study in the Yellow River basin, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 608-618

  Huang, Shengzhi ^a   Chang, Jianxia ^a   Leng, Guoyong ^b   Huang, Qiang ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Entropy weight method; Integrated drought index; Qualitative change point; The Yellow River basin; Variable fuzzy set theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ENTROPY; FUZZY SETS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SET THEORY; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT INDICES; ENTROPY WEIGHT METHOD; QUALITATIVE CHANGES; VARIABLE FUZZY SET THEORIES; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT STRESS; ENTROPY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84930684037     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.032     Document Type: Article

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