Is eastern Mongolia drying? A long-term perspective of a multidecadal trend

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-158

  Davi, Nicole K ^a   Pederson, Neil ^a   Leland, Caroline ^a   Nachin, Baatarbileg ^a,b   Suran, Byambagerel ^b,c   Jacoby, Gordon C ^a,b  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; STREAMFLOW VARIATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WET CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURE; DRYING; STREAM FLOW; URBAN GROWTH; WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT;

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

KHERLEN RIVER; MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876518164     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR011834     Document Type: Article

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