Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2281-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2281-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
Research article
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17 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2019

Identifying a transition climate zone in an arid river basin using the evaporative stress index

Yongqiang Liu, Lu Hao, Decheng Zhou, Cen Pan, Peilong Liu, Zhe Xiong, and Ge Sun

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A transition zone often exists between a moist upper river reach and an arid lower reach in a watershed with complex topography. This zone is more suitable for human activities but is difficult to identify in climate classification. We found that a hydrological index overpowers a meteorological index in identifying a transition zone of a watershed in northwestern China, indicating the important role of the land-surface processes and human disturbances in formulating the transition zone.
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