Water resources research in Northwest China
By: Yaning Chen, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9789401780162
Subjects: Water-supply; Hydrology; Water resources development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: 1. Exordium; title: 2. Climate system in Northwest Chian; title: 3. Hydrologic system in Northwest China; title: 4. Response of runoff to climate change; title: 5. Glacier change and its impact on water resources; title: 6. Spatiotemporal variation of snow cover from space in Northern Xinjiang; title: 7. Change of potential evapotranspiration and its implications to water cycle; title: 8. The nonlinear hydro-climatic process: a case study of the Tarim Headwaters, NW China; title: 9. Climate change scenarios and the impact of runoff; title: 10. Changes in extreme hydrological events; title: 11. Water resource management.