Drought Under Global Warming and Climate Change: An Empirical Study of the Loess Plateau

Drought Under Global Warming and Climate Change: An Empirical Study of the Loess Plateau

The Loess Plateau is located at the transition zone between agriculture and livestock farming; its spatial and temporal pattern of drought is the key for an appropriate adaptation to climate change. This study investigated monthly meteorological observation data of 79 meteorological stations from 19...

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Main Authors: Yang Li, Zhixiang Xie, Yaochen Qin, Haoming Xia, Zhicheng Zheng, Lijun Zhang, Ziwu Pan, Zhenzhen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
drought
standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index
Mann-Kendall
Hurst index
persistence
the Loess Plateau
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/5/1281

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