Spatial and temporal pattern of precipitation and drought in Gansu Province, Northwest China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Zhai, Luxin ^a   Feng, Qi ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency of drought; Gansu Province; Mann Kendall; Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI); Trend of precipitation

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; YANGTZE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 61749097634     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9274-y     Document Type: Article

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