Temporal changes of streamflow and its causes in the Liao River Basin over the period of 1953-2011, northeastern China

Catena

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 227-238

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Fei ^a,d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Attribution; Climate change; Human activities; Liao River Basin (LRB), China; Streamflow change

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING;

CHINA; LIAOHE BASIN;

EID: 84974534289     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.015     Document Type: Article

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