Reexamination of the aridity conditions in arid Northwestern China for the last decade

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9594-9602

  Wei, Ke ^a   Wang, Lin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Evaporation; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

ARID NORTHWESTERN CHINA; DEEP SOILS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SELF-CALIBRATING PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SPATIAL EXTENT; UPDATED DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84888032414     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00605.1     Document Type: Article

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