Aridity/humidity status of land surface in China during the last three decades

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1510-1518

  Wu, Shaohong ^a   Yin, Yunhe ^a,b   Zheng, Du ^a   Yang, Qinye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aridity humidity status; Land surface; Penman Monteith; Potential evapotranspiration; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES;

SOILS;

ARIDITY; HUMIDITY; INDEX METHOD; LAND SURFACE; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845676050     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0009     Document Type: Article

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