Streamflow variation due to glacier melting and climate change in upstream Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 79-82, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Wu, Feng ^a   Zhan, Jinyan ^a   Wang, Zhan ^b   Zhang, Qian ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Glacier melting; Hydrological model; Snowmelt; Streamflow simulation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

GLACIER MELTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84931007677     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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