support for this research of Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016T90961, 2015M570864);Openended fund of State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SKLCSOP-2014-11);Project of Northwest Normal University (China) Young Teachers Scientific Research Ability Promotion Plan (NWNU-LKQN13-10);Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (41271133, 41273010, 41361106, 41261104);Project of Major National Research Projects of China (No. 2013CBA01808)
This study describes the spatial and temporal variation of a drought index and makes inferences regarding the environmental factors that influence this variability in the Hengduan Mountains. A drought index is typical...