Publication Date:
2016-07-27
Description:
Identifying water deficit and vegetation response during the 2009/10 drought over North China: Implications for the South-to-North Water Diversion project Bowen Zhu, Xianhong Xie, and Kang Zhang Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-313,2016 Manuscript under review for HESS (discussion: open, 0 comments) This study attempts to identify water deficit using GRACE data and vegetation response during the 2009/10 drought over North China. There was a decling trend in total water storage for the past decade based on GRACE data, and the regional deficit of water storage was approximately 25 km 3 in 2009/10. This drought event has led to suppression of vegetation growth in North China. The SNWD project may ease the water storage deficit in North China for this level of drought intensity.
Print ISSN:
1027-5606
Electronic ISSN:
1607-7938
Topics:
Geography
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Geosciences