Desertification susceptibility over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on aridity indices and geoprocessing
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.6869
Abstract: Desertification is a serious threat to human development and sustainability. This process is characterized by land degradation over areas with dry sub‐humid, semi‐arid and arid climate. In this work, climate susceptibility to desertification was identified… read more here.
Keywords: climate; susceptibility; aridity indices; rio janeiro ... See more keywords
Tree ring width variations over western Himalaya in India and its linkage with heat and aridity indices
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-018-3198-y
Abstract: Tree ring chronologies from different sites of western Himalaya have been carried out in relation to rainfall, temperature, palmer drought severity index, and heat and aridity indices of the region. The first principal component which… read more here.
Keywords: tree ring; aridity; western himalaya; aridity indices ... See more keywords