Quantification of the aridity process in South-western Romania

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Peptenatu, Daniel ^a   Sîrodoev, Igor ^b   Pravalie, Remus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Aridity; Desertification; Fragile environments; Territorial management

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARIDIFICATION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; LANDOWNERSHIP; NDVI; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84878383274     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-11-3     Document Type: Article

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