Assessment of the spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of meteorological drought in the North China Plain

• Published in: International journal of climatology Vol. 43; no. 16; pp. 7883 - 7898
• Main Authors: Yang, Cuiping, Liu, Changhong, Wang, Yongqiang, Gu, Yuhui, Ma, Xiaoyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 30.12.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Changing environments; Climate change; contribution rate; Drought; Environmental changes; Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration-precipitation relationships; Evolution; Global temperatures; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrological cycle; Mean temperatures; meteorological drought; North China plain; Precipitation; sensitivity analysis; standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index; Temperature differences; Temperature gradients; Temperature rise; Trends; Wind speed; Winter; China

With the changing trend of global temperature increase, the occurrence of drought events can no longer be ignored. An investigation of the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of meteorological droughts and their responses to climatic variables can elucidate the mechanisms of the water cycle evo...