Drought and wetness variability in the Tarim River Basin and connection to large-scale atmospheric circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2678-2684

  Tao, Hui ^a   Borth, Hartmut ^b   Fraedrich, Klaus ^b   Su, Buda ^c   Zhu, Xiuhua ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Drought and wetness variability; Large scale circulation; Tarim river basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; VAPORS; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAY OF BENGAL; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; RETURN PERIODS; TARIM RIVER BASIN; WATER VAPOUR;

DROUGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84902649537     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3867     Document Type: Article

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