Moisture variability across China and Mongolia: 1951-2005

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1173-1186

  Li, Jinbao ^a,b   Cook, Edward R ^a   D'arrigo, Rosanne ^a   Chen, Fahu ^b   Gou, Xiaohua ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 67349134549     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0436-0     Document Type: Article

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