Comparison of the dryness/wetness index in China with the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 553-566

  Yang, Fengmei ^a,b   Shi, Feng ^c,d   Kang, Shuyuan ^d   Wang, Shigong ^b   Xiao, Ziniu ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^e   Shi, Jun ^f  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d Nagoya University ^*  (China)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84887320615     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0858-4     Document Type: Article

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