Summer droughts in the northern Yellow River basin in association with recent Arctic ice loss

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2849-2859

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Laurent ^a,b   Li, Dongliang ^a   Deng, Weitao ^a  

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

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic ice loss; Mid latitude droughts; Planetary wave

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; LAKES; RAIN; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATERSHEDS;

ARCTIC ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; MIDLATITUDES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PLANETARY WAVES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

DROUGHT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DROUGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY WAVE; RAINFALL; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84938958148     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4177     Document Type: Article

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