Water Resources Research in Northwest China

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, Yaning (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrology.; Climatology.; Meteorology.; Environmental sciences.; Physical geography.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Physical Geography.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

This book examines the possible impacts of climate change on hydrology and water resources in the vast arid region of Northwest China, which is one of the world’s largest arid places. The first chapter offers an introductory discussion of the physical geography and socioeconomic conditions in the re...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Exordium
• 2 Climate System in Northwest China
• 3 Hydrologic system in Northwest China
• 4 Response of Run-off to Climate Change
• 5 Glacier change and its impact on water resources
• 6 Spatiotemporal Variation of Snow Cover from Space in Northern Xinjiang
• 7 Change of potential evaporation and its implications to water cycle
• 8 The nonlinear hydro-climatic process: a case study of the Tarim headwaters, NW China
• 9 Climate change scenarios and the impact on runoff
• 10 Changes in extreme hydrological events
• 11 Water resources management
• Index.