Assessments of joint hydrological extreme risks in a warming climate in China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1632-1642

  Leng, Guoyong ^a   Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Huang, Shengzhi ^b   Zhang, Xuejun ^a,c   Cao, Junjun ^d  

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

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Hydrological extreme

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA; CLIMATE PROJECTION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84941884214     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4447     Document Type: Article

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