Aridity changes in the Tibetan Plateau in a warming climate

Desertification in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has drawn increasing attention in the recent decades. It has been postulated as a consequence of increasing climate aridity due to the observed warming. This study quantifies the aridity changes in the TP and attributes the changes to different climatic fa...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Yanhong Gao, Xia Li, L. Ruby Leung, Deliang Chen, Jianwei Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Subjects:	desertification aridity Tibetan Plateau 92.60.Ry
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034013