Precipitation recycling and soil–precipitation interaction across the arid and semi-arid regions of China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3708-3722

  Hua, Lijuan ^a   Zhong, Linhao ^b   Ke, Zongjian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

arid and semi arid regions; dynamic recycling model; regional precipitation recycling; soil precipitation interaction

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RECYCLING;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ADVECTION; ARID REGION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECYCLING; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84954271048     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4586     Document Type: Article

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