Spatial-Temporal Variation of Aridity Index of China during 1960–2013
Aridity index, as the ration of potential evapotranspiration and precipitation, is an important indicator of regional climate. GIS technology, Morlet wavelet, Mann-Kendall test, and principal component analysis are utilized to investigate the spatial-temporal variation of aridity index and its impac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Meteorology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1536135 |