Climate characteristics of the extreme drought events in Southwest China during recent 50 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1179-1190

  He, Jinyun ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Wang, Shengjie ^a   Wang, Xingmei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme drought; Southwest China; Summer monsoon; Temporal and spatial characteristics; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84864384840     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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