Effect of climate change on reference evapotranspiration and aridity index in arid region of China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-34

  Huo, Zailin ^a   Dai, Xiaoqin ^b   Feng, Shaoyuan ^c   Kang, Shaozhong ^a   Huang, Guanhua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Climate change; Meteorological variables; Reference evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WIND;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; ARIDITY INDEX; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NORTHWEST CHINA; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE/ HUMIDITIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84877350244     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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