Drought over East Asia: A Review in: Journal of Climate Volume 28 Issue 8 (2015) Jump to
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The clustering of severe and sustained droughts in Southwest China (SWC) during the last
decade has resulted in tremendous losses, including crop failure, a lack of drinking water …

Vegetation is an important component of the terrestrial ecosystem, driven by climate change
and human activities. Quantifying the relative contributions of climate change and …

Since 2010 an uninterrupted sequence of dry years, with annual rainfall deficits ranging from
25 to 45%, has prevailed in central Chile (western South America, 30–38° S). Although …

Study region This study has three spatial scales: global (0.5°), macro-regional, and country
scale. The database of drought events has specific entries for each macro-region and …

Drought (water stress) is one of the most important environmental stresses and occurs for
several reasons, including low rainfall, salinity, high and low temperatures, and high …

Bias corrected daily climate projections from five global circulation models (GCMs) under the
RCP8. 5 emission scenarios were fed into a calibrated Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) …

Improving our understanding of present and future impacts of drought on the vegetation in
northern China is heightened by expectations that drought would increase its vulnerability …

To alleviate the severe rocky desertification and improve the ecological degradation
conditions in Southwest China, the national and local Chinese governments have …

How drought may change in the future are of great concern as global warming continues. In
Part I of this study, we examine the uncertainties in estimating recent drought changes …