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Spatiotemporal variability and assessment of drought in the Wei River basin of China
Siyang Cai
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing 100875, China
Depeng Zuo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing 100875, China
Zongxue Xu
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing 100875, China
Xianming Han
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing 100875, China
Xiaoxi Gao
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing 100875, China
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Short summary
Drought is a natural and recurring feature of climate; occurring in virtually all climatic regimes. Wei River is of great importance in social and economic in China. The temporal and spatial variations of drought in the Wei River basin were investigated by calculating the drought indexes. Through analysis of the historical precipitation and temperature data, it was found that precipitation had a greater contribution to creating agricultural drought conditions than temperature.
Drought is a natural and recurring feature of climate; occurring in virtually all climatic...
