We examined intra-annual characteristics and decadal change of extreme hydrological events occurring from 1901 to 2010 in Xinjiang, China, using concentration degree, concentration index, and Mann–Kendall tests. The results indicated that the concentration index in Xinjiang reached a maximum...

We examined spatial distribution characteristics of extreme hydrological events in Xinjiang, China, using district data from 1901 to 2010. Frequency distribution showed a general symmetry along the Tianshan Mountains, with even distribution in Junggar Basin and Tarim Basin. Frequency was more in...

Daily data of minimum and maximum temperature from 76 meteorological stations for 1960–2010 are used to detect the annual and seasonal variations of temperature extremes in the arid region, China. The Mann–Kendall test and Sen estimator are used to assess the significance of the trend and...

The impacts of climate change and human activities on the surface runoff were analyzed by the Mann–Kendall and trend analysis methods based on the hydrological, meteorological and socioeconomic data over the last 50 years in the Tarim River basin. Results show that the runoff in the...

The application of fully distributed watershed models has the advantage of providing location-specific outputs. However, the calibration of these models is very challenging due to over-parameterization. A typical strategy is to aggregate parameters and screen out insensitive parameters in order...

The water-energy-food nexus in the agricultural management of the Tarim River Basin (TRB) is an important index that reflects agricultural input productivity. This study uses the crop water requirement, energy equivalent, and agricultural water-energy-food nexus index model to comprehensive...