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Xu, Z., Liu, Z. (2014). Climate Change Scenarios and the Impact on Runoff. In: Chen, Y. (eds) Water Resources Research in Northwest China. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8017-9_9
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