Inter- and intra- annual environmental flow alteration and its implication in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-40

  Lin, Kairong ^a   Lin, Youqin ^a   Xu, Yiming ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Chen, Lu ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^c,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental flow alteration; Histogram matching approach; Indicators of hydrologic alteration; Pearl River Delta; Range of variability approach

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FLOW SEPARATION; GEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER DIVERSION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; HISTOGRAM MATCHING; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RANGE OF VARIABILITY APPROACHES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PEUCEDANUM SANDWICENSE;

EID: 85012964628     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2017.01.002     Document Type: Article

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