Analysis of an oasis microclimate in China's hyperarid zone

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 963-972

  Feng, Qi ^a   Macuo, Zhuo ^a   Haiyang, Xi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desert oasis; Hyperarid zone; Microclimate; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUDY DAYS; DESERT OASIS; DUST STORM; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST COVER; FOREST LAND; GROWING SEASON; HYPERARID ZONE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEAN-WINDS; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); POPULUS EUPHRATICA; REDUCING TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOIL SURFACES; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DUST STORM; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GROWING SEASON; HUMIDITY; LAND SURFACE; MICROCLIMATE; OASIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND VELOCITY; WOODLAND;

DESERTS; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FORESTRY; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION; SOIL; SUN LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 70349873640     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1576-6     Document Type: Article

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