Climate change and its impacts on river discharge in two climate regions in China

Xu, H.; Luo, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4609-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4609-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4609-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

Research article

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20 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 20 Nov 2015

Climate change and its impacts on river discharge in two climate regions in China

H. Xu and Y. Luo

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Nov 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 30 Jul 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C3303: 'comments on Xu's MS', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2015
- RC C3470: 'Reference Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Sep 2015
  - AC C4594: 'AC to Anonymous Referee #2', Hongmei Xu, 03 Nov 2015
- AC C4616: 'AC to Anonymous Referee #1', Hongmei Xu, 04 Nov 2015
RC C3814: 'RC', Joshua Ngaina, 22 Sep 2015
- RC C3898: 'Climate change and its impacts on river discharge in two climate regions in China', Stephen Rwigi, 28 Sep 2015
  - AC C4623: 'AC to S. Rwigi', Hongmei Xu, 04 Nov 2015
- AC C4619: 'AC to J. Ngaina', Hongmei Xu, 04 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (03 Nov 2015) by Alfred Opere

AR by Hongmei Xu on behalf of the Authors (08 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study quantified the climate impact on river discharge in the River Huangfuchuan in semi-arid northern China and the River Xiangxi in humid southern China. Climate projections showed trends toward warmer and wetter conditions, particularly for the River Huangfuchuan. The main projected hydrologic impact was a more pronounced increase in annual discharge in both catchments. Peak flows are projected to appear earlier than usual in the River Huangfuchuan and later than usual in River Xiangxi.