Spatiotemporal variability of streamflow and attribution in the Three-Rivers Headwater Region, northwest China

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 637-649

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Li, Daiqing ^c   Gao, Yanni ^c   Liu, Xianfeng ^a   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

Attribution analysis; Glacier melting; Precipitation; Streamflow; Three rivers headwater region (TRHR)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CORRELATION STATISTICS; GLACIER MELTING; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THREE-RIVERS HEADWATER REGIONS;

RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER; HEADWATER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; MEKONG RIVER; YANGTZE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84989233311     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2016.047     Document Type: Article

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