Local understanding of hydro-climatic changes in Mongolia

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 346, Issue , 2011, Pages 120-129

  Fassnacht, S R ^a   Sukh, T ^a   Fernandez Gimenez, M ^a   Batbuyan, B ^b   Venable, N B H ^a   Laituri, M ^a   Adyabadam, G ^c  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Institute of Geography   (Mongolia)

^c Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Local knowledge; Mongolia; Perceptions of hydro climatic change

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MONGOLIA; SEMI-ARID REGION; STATION DATA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARID REGIONS; HYDROLOGY; SPRINGS (WATER);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIVESTOCK; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEMIARID REGION; SPRING WATER; STEPPE; STREAM; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WEATHER STATION; WELL WATER;

ARHANGAY; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84860554871     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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