Spatial and temporal changes in aridity index in northwest China: 1960 to 2010

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Liu, Xiaomang ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a,b   Luo, Yuzhou ^c   Liu, Changming ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84875380976     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0734-7     Document Type: Article

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