A study on the variation of drought periods occurring in northwest China and other Africa-Asia continental regions

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Sun, Guowu ^a   Ye, Qian ^b  

^a Institute of Arid Meteorology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought expansion; Drought period; Earthquake shifting; Teleconnection pattern; Thermodynamic process

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; RAINFALL DATA (1870-1990);

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 8344261612     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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