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Analysis and Modelling of Water Supply and Demand Under Climate Change, Land Use Transformation and Socio-Economic Development

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The research area is the region around Urumqi City (Wūlŭmùqí Shì), located in Northwest China. Urumqi is the provincial capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū), the most northwestern province of PR China and close to Central Asia. Xinjiang belongs to the dry temperate zone and is characterised by two large basins, the Tarim and Junggar Basin with the Taklamakan and Gurbantünggüt Desert, respectively, which are separated and surrounded by the Altai, Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains from North to South. The largest area is taken by semi-arid steppe or deserts [1]. Urumqi itself is located at the southern margin of the Junggar Basin and the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. The city is a former oasis settlement, which developed between the semi-desert in the North and the mountain ranges in the South.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    A linear regression function was fitted into the station data and calculated value for 1975 and 2010. The trend value is the difference between the modelled value at the beginning and at the end of the modelled period.

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    T/s value is the trend value T divided by the standard deviation s and can be used to determine the level of significance.

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