The influence from the shrinking cryosphere and strengthening evopotranspiration on hydrologic process in a cold basin, Qilian Mountains

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-128

  Zongxing, Li ^a,b   Qi, Feng ^a   Wang, Q J ^b   Song, Yong ^b   Hongyi, Li ^a   Yongge, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frozen soil; Glacier; Hydrograph separation; Moisture recycling; Qilian Mountains

Indexed keywords

FROZEN SOILS; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; RIVERS; SHRINKAGE; TRANSPIRATION; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; INLAND RIVER BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES; WARMING CLIMATE;

WATER RECYCLING;

CRYOSPHERE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIER FLOW; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MELTWATER; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SHRINKAGE; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; HEIHE; HEILONGJIANG; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84979729779     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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