Research Article
Comparison of Two Approaches for Estimating Precipitation Elasticity of Streamflow in China’s Main River Basins
Table 3
Comparison of estimated elasticity in the literature with estimated elasticity in this study by the nonparametric approach.
| Catchment | Country | Period | Elasticity | Reference |
| MDB | Australia | 1950–2006 | 2.14 | Fu et al., 2011 [29] | Spokane | USA | 1940–2000 | 1.38–1.65 | Fu et al., 2011 [29] | Yellow River | China | 1960–2000 | 1.76 | Fu et al., 2011 [29] | 1337 catchments | USA | 1951–1988 | 1.5–2.5 | Sankarasubramanian and Vogel, 2003 [7] | 219 catchments | Australia | 25–93 years | 2.0–3.5 | Chiew, 2006 [5] | 521 catchments | Globe | 23–64 years | 0.4–3.1 | Chiew et al., 2006 [19] | Yellow River (headwater) | China | 1960–2000 | 2.1 | Zheng et al., 2009 [6] | Han River | Korea | 1973–2006 | 1.5–2.0 | Kim et al., 2013 [30] | Nakdong River | Korea | 1973–2006 | 0.7–1.5 | Kim et al., 2013 [30] | Geum River | Korea | 1973–2006 | 1.0–2.0 | Kim et al., 2013 [30] | Seomjin River | Korea | 1973–2006 | 1.2–1.5 | Kim et al., 2013 [30] | Yeongsan River | Korea | 1973–2006 | 1.6–1.7 | Kim et al., 2013 [30] | Yangtze River | China | 1955–2009 | 1.2–1.9 | This study | Yellow River | China | 1955–2009 | 0.7–2.1 | This study | Pearl River | China | 1955–2009 | 0.8–2.1 | This study | Huai River | China | 1955–2009 | 2.2 | This study | Songliao | China | 1955–2009 | 1.9–2.2 | This study | Hei River | China | 1955–2009 | 0.6 | This study | Aksu | China | 1955–2009 | 0.05 | This study |
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