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Significant regime shifts in historical water yield in the Upper Brahmaputra River basin
Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Baoying Shan
Research Unit Knowledge-based Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Akash Koppa
Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Feng Zhong
College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Dongfeng Li
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Xuanxuan Wang
Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Wenfeng Liu
Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Xiuping Li
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Zongxue Xu
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Short summary
This study examines changes in water yield by determining turning points in the direction of yield changes and highlights that regime shifts in historical water yield occurred in the Upper Brahmaputra River basin, both the climate and cryosphere affect the magnitude of water yield increases, climate determined the declining trends in water yield, and meltwater has the potential to alleviate the water shortage. A repository for all source files is made available.
This study examines changes in water yield by determining turning points in the direction of...
