Spatial-temporal variation and impacts of drought in Xinjiang (Northwest China) during 1961-2015.

PeerJ · 2018 · PMC5994336 · PMID 29892506

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Specifically, meteorological drought severity based on the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) showed a decreasing trend in Xinjiang prior to 1997, after which the trend reversed.

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