SPI-based evaluation of drought events in Xinjiang, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 481-492

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Li, Jianfeng ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b,c   Bai, Yungang ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

^d Xinjiang Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower   (China)

Author keywords

Drought variations; Mann Kendall trend test; Standardized Precipitation Index; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84866025674     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0251-0     Document Type: Article

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