Interannual characteristics of the surface hydrological variables over the arid and semi-arid areas of northern China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 189-200

  Zhuguo, Ma ^a   Congbin, Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Drought; Surface humid index (SHI); Surface hydrological variables

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CHINA;

EID: 0037670095     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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