Spatial variation and trends in PDSI and SPI indices and their relation to streamflow in 10 large regions of china

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-663

  Zhai, Jianqing ^a,b   Su, Buda ^c   Krysanova, Valentina ^d   Vetter, Tobias ^d   Gao, Chao ^b,e   Jiang, Tong ^c,f  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; DRY AND WET; LARGE REGIONS; LARGE RIVERS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TREND DETECTION; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

DETECTION METHOD; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HAI BASIN; LIAOHE BASIN; SONGHUA RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 77952254001     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2968.1     Document Type: Article

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