Drought dynamics on the Mongolian steppe, 1970-2006

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1823-1830

  Sternberg, Troy ^a   Thomas, David ^a   Middleton, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Mongolia; Standard Precipitation Index; Steppe

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MONGOLIA; RURAL POPULATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; STEPPE; TIME-SCALES;

STREAM FLOW;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; RURAL POPULATION; STEPPE; TIMESCALE;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 80053332466     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2195     Document Type: Article

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