Dry/wet variation and its relationship with regional warming in arid-regions of northern China

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1011-1018

  Ma, Zhu Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dry wet variation; Impact intensity index; Northern China; Regional warming

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 31344441643     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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