Identification of streamflow response to climate change and human activities in the wei river Basin, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 833-851

  Zuo, Depeng ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Zhao, Fangfang ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human activities; Response; Streamflow; Wei River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RESPONSE; SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS; SENSITIVITY-BASED METHOD; STREAMFLOW RESPONSE; WEI RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; WEI BASIN;

EID: 85027946427     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0519-0     Document Type: Article

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