Spatial and temporal variability of annual and seasonal precipitation over the desert region of China during 1951-2005

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2947-2959

  Xu, Ligang ^a,b,c   Zhou, Hongfei ^a   Liang, Chuan ^b   Du, Li ^c   Li, Hui ^d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Scientific Research Institute of the Water Conservancy of Ningxia   (China)

^d GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; EOF REOF; Large scale circulation; Local circulation; Mann Kendall; Precipitation variability

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; EOF/REOF; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LOCAL CIRCULATION; MANN-KENDALL; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78149417234     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7708     Document Type: Article

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