Impact of climate variability and anthropogenic activity on streamflow in the Three Rivers Headwater Region, Tibetan Plateau, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 667-681

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Li, Daiqing ^c   Gao, Yanni ^c   Liu, Wenfeng ^d   Zhang, Linbo ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SANJIANG PLAIN;

EID: 84969962336     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1833-7     Document Type: Article

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