Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82699
Title: Nonstationary desertification dynamics of desert oasis under climate change and human interference
Authors: Huang, Guohe
Qin, Xiaosheng
He, Li
Zhang, Hua
Li, Yongping
Li, Zhong
Keywords: Climate change
Desertification
Inconsistent dynamics
Dry air mass
Interior Asia
NDVI
Issue Date: 2015
Source: Huang, G., Qin, X., He, L., Zhang, H., Li, Y., & Li, Z. (2015). Nonstationary desertification dynamics of desert oasis under climate change and human interference. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(23), 11878-11888.
Series/Report no.: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Abstract: Desertification is becoming a major ecological concern in arid and semiarid regions, especially under climate change. Globally, it is burning up lands for human habitats with a rapidly spreading tendency. Many scientists have been struggling to explore the related mechanisms. Challenges remain in revealing the fundamental principle in terms of desert-oasis interactions that are associated with nonstationary variations. Here we present a theory of desertification dynamics through examining nonstationary effects of climate change and human interference. We hypothesize that such dynamics can be described as the fate and transport of dry air mass continuously generated from desert. We simulate a region in northwestern China and reveal that dynamics of the nonstationary desertification process is subject to interactive impacts from a variety of factors. Our study moves forward the field of desertification studies through initiation of the dynamics and nonstationarity concepts which allow the fundamental mechanism to be disclosed.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82699
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40240
ISSN: 2169-897X
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023826
Schools: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Rights: © 2015 American Geophysical Union. This paper was published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Geophysical Union. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023826]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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