supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2012CB 955301);the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41175134 and 41305060);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No.IRT1018)
A comparison of observations with 20 climate model simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5) revealed that observed dryland expansion amounted to 2.61 × 10^6 km^2 during the 58 yea...
jointly supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB 955301);the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41175134 and 41305060);a China 111 project (Grant No. B13045)
This study examines the expansion of drylands and regional climate change in northern China by analyzing the variations in aridity index (AI), surface air temperature (SAT), precipitation and potential evapotransp...