Spatio-temporal variation of drought in China during 1961-2012: A climatic perspective

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 253-264

  Xu, Kai ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Yang, Hanbo ^a   Li, Zhe ^a   Qin, Yue ^a   Shen, Yan ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

China; Drought identification; Drought index; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DROUGHT INDICES; RECONNAISSANCE DROUGHT INDICES; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84928721565     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.047     Document Type: Article

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