Deep learning techniques (in particular convolutional neural networks, CNNs) have recently
emerged as a promising approach for statistical downscaling due to their ability to learn …

Abstract Study region Kaidu River catchment in the Tianshan Mountain, northwestern China.
Study focus This paper compared the applicability and accuracy of four machine learning …

Water resources have an important role in maintaining ecological fuctions and sustaining
social and economic development. This is especially true in arid and semi-arid areas, where …

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) has been widely employed to assist with
decision making and management planning for assessing and mitigating the impact of …

Climate and land-use change affect the hydrologic cycle by altering the hydrological
responses including streamflow (SF), surface runoff (SR), base-flow (BF), and …

In this study, we modelled the XAJ (Xin'anjiang) hydrologic model parameters for the Lushi
basin of China, an important tributary of the Yellow River. Time series of daily precipitation …

In the context of climate change and over-exploitation of water resources, water shortage
and water pollution in arid regions have become major constraints to local sustainable …

In the arid inland basins of China, the long-term unregulated agricultural irrigation from
surface water diversion and groundwater abstraction has caused the unsustainability of …

There are many environmental challenges in water-limited places in the 21st century,
particularly in dry and semi-arid regions, due to the threat of climate change caused by the …

Abstract Study region The Kaidu River Basin (KRB) is located on the central southern slope
of the Tianshan Mountain in Northwest China. Study focus This work aimed to assess …