Observational Evidence for Desert Amplification Using Multiple Satellite Datasets

Abstract Desert amplification identified in recent studies has large uncertainties due to data paucity over remote deserts. Here we present observational evidence using multiple satellite-derived datasets that desert amplification is a real large-scale pattern of warming mode in near surface and low...

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Main Authors: Nan Wei, Liming Zhou, Yongjiu Dai, Geng Xia, Wenjian Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02064-w