Evaluating the coupling effects of climate aridity and vegetation restoration on soil erosion over the Loess Plateau in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 539, Issue , 2016, Pages 436-449

  Zhang, Baoqing ^a   He, Chansheng ^a,b   Burnham, Morey ^c   Zhang, Lanhui ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought identification; Sediment yield; Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index; Standardized precipitation index; The Yellow River

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX DATUM; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION INDEX; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; VEGETATION RESTORATION; YELLOW RIVER;

SEDIMENTS;

GROUND WATER; SOIL;

ARIDITY; COUPLING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE ARIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOIL;

EID: 84941712184     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.132     Document Type: Article

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