Soil moisture-based study of the variability of dry-wet climate and climate zones in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 531-544

  Li, MingXing ^a   Ma, ZhuGuo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

climate zone; dry wet climate; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874541011     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5428-0     Document Type: Article

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