A comparative analysis of the impacts of climate change and irrigation on land surface and subsurface hydrology in the North China Plain

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-263

  Leng, Guoyong ^a,c   Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Huang, Maoyi ^b   Leung, Lai yung Ruby ^b  

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

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Irrigation; Land surface subsurface hydrology; North China Plain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939879963     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0640-x     Document Type: Article

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