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
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