Spatiotemporal behavior of floods and droughts and their impacts on agriculture in China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-72

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Gu, Xihui ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Kong, Dongdong ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt behaviors; Agricultural loss; Flood and drought hazards; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; DROUGHT; HAZARDS;

ABRUPT BEHAVIORS; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; DROUGHT INTENSITIES; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SPATIOTEMPORAL BEHAVIORS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRENDS;

FLOODS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FLOOD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84929471733     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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