Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2281-2286

  Tao, Shengli ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a,b   Zhao, Xia ^b   Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Shen, Haihua ^b   Hu, Huifeng ^b   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Guo, Qinghua ^b   Turner, B L ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Irrigation; Lake shrinkage; Mining; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL MINING; GRASSLAND; LAKE; MONGOLIA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES; MONGOLIA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84923272827     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411748112     Document Type: Article

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