Drought in Southwest China: A Review

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 339-344

  Lin, Wang ^a   Wen, Chen ^a   Wen, Zhou ^b   Gang, Huang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

drought; future scenario; historical change; mechanism; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 85075719242     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3878/AOSL20150043     Document Type: Article

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