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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2281-2019
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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.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Identifying a transition climate zone in an arid river basin using the evaporative stress index
Yongqiang Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Forest Disturbance Science, USDA Forest Service, Athens,
Georgia, USA
Lu Hao
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, International
Center for Meteorology, Ecology, and Environment, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Decheng Zhou
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, International
Center for Meteorology, Ecology, and Environment, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Cen Pan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, International
Center for Meteorology, Ecology, and Environment, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Peilong Liu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, International
Center for Meteorology, Ecology, and Environment, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Zhe Xiong
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Ge Sun
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest
Service, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Short summary
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.
A transition zone often exists between a moist upper river reach and an arid lower reach in a...
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