Spatiotemporal variations of aridity index over the Belt and Road region under the 1.5℃ and 2.0℃ warming scenarios

Jian ZHOU; Tong JIANG; Buda Su; Yanjun WANG; Hui TAO; Jiancheng QIN; Jianqing ZHAI

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1713-z

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