Some evidence of drying trend over northern China from 1951 to 2004

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2913-2925

  Ma, Zhuguo ^a,b   Fu, Congbin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate background; Drought index; Drying trend; Northern China

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845665700     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2159-0     Document Type: Article

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