Drought severity and change in Xinjiang, China, over 1961–2013

Hydrology Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1343-1362

  Li, Yi ^a,b   Chen, Chunyan ^c   Sun, Changfeng ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Xinjiang Meteorological Observatory   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index; Standardized Precipitation Index; Trend; | drought severity

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STREAM FLOW;

DROUGHT SEVERITY; PENMAN MONTEITH; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION INDEX; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TREND; WATER UTILIZATION;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INDEX METHOD; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85039451194     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2016.026     Document Type: Article

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