Simulated climatology and evolution of aridity in the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5795-5815

  Lin, Lei ^a   Gettelman, Andrew ^b   Feng, Song ^c   Fu, Qiang ^a,d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARIDITY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY FLUX; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ENERGY; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AMAZONIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHINA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84955706543     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022912     Document Type: Article

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