Characteristics of the regional meteorological drought events in Southwest China during 1960-2010

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-392

  Li, Yunjie ^a,b   Ren, Fumin ^b,c   Li, Yiping ^d   Wang, Pengling ^e   Yan, Hongming ^f  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^e Beijing Climate Center   (China)

^f Yunnan Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

regional meteorological drought events; Southwest China; spatial distribution; temporal characteristics

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; CHONGQING; GUIZHOU; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 84904190574     PISSN: 20956037     EISSN: 21980934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-3144-1     Document Type: Article

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