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