Please wait a minute...
Journal of Arid Land
Journal of Arid Land
Research Articles     
Temperature and precipitation trends in Minqin Desert during the period of 1961-2007
ShuJuan ZHU, ZhaoFeng CHANG
1 Gansu Minqin National Field Observation & Research Station on Ecosystem of Desertified Rangeland, Minqin 733300, China; 2 Key Laboratory of Desertification Combating of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 733070, China; 3 Gansu Desert Control Research Institute, Lanzhou 733070, China
Download:   PDF(316KB)
Export: BibTeX | EndNote (RIS)      

Abstract  This paper analyzed the data of temperature and precipitation in Minqin, typical desert area in northwest China, during the period of 1961-2007 by linear regression. The result indicated that the increasing rate of the mean annual temperature in Minqin was higher than that of the average of China; and the temperature in February increased by 3.01oC averagely in the past 47 years. The climate in Minqin displayed an evident warming trend. However, there was no evidently increasing trend of precipitation in the past 47 years, and drought occurred during the whole growing season.

Key words： Xinjiang of China      ungulate      species and distribution      status     
Received: 25 January 2011      Published: 07 September 2011
Corresponding Authors:
Service
E-mail this article
Add to my bookshelf
Add to citation manager
E-mail Alert
RSS
Articles by authors
ShuJuan ZHU
ZhaoFeng CHANG
Cite this article:

ShuJuan ZHU, ZhaoFeng CHANG. Temperature and precipitation trends in Minqin Desert during the period of 1961-2007. Journal of Arid Land, 2011, 3(3): 214-219.

URL:

http://jal.xjegi.com/10.3724/SP.J.1227.2011.00214     OR     http://jal.xjegi.com/Y2011/V3/I3/214

[1] Mohammed SOUDDI, Haroun CHENCHOUNI, M'hammed BOUALLALA. Thriving green havens in baking deserts: Plant diversity and species composition of urban plantations in the Sahara Desert[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2024, 16(9): 1270-1287.
[2] MAO Zhengjun, WANG Munan, CHU Jiwei, SUN Jiewen, LIANG Wei, YU Haiyong. Feature extraction and analysis of reclaimed vegetation in ecological restoration area of abandoned mines based on hyperspectral remote sensing images[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2024, 16(10): 1409-1425.
[3] Hani S SAUDY, Ibrahim M EL-METWALLY, Goma A ABD EL-SAMAD. Physio-biochemical and nutrient constituents of peanut plants under bentazone herbicide for broad-leaved weed control and water regimes in dry land areas[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2020, 12(4): 630-639.
[4] YaoBin LIU, YuanMing ZHANG, Robert S NOWAK, Liliya DIMEYEVA. Diaspore characteristics and ecological adaptation of Bromus tectorum L. from different distribution regions [J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2013, 5(3): 310-323.
[5] Xi CHEN, BaiLian LI, Qin LI, JunLi LI, Saparnov ABDULLA. Spatio-temporal pattern and changes of evapotranspiration in arid Central Asia and Xinjiang of China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2012, 4(1): 105-112.
[6] YanLi ZHUANG, Sophia RATCLIFFE. Relationship between dew presence and Bassia dasyphylla plant growth[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2012, 4(1): 11-18.
[7] XingYi GAO, WenXuan XU, WeiKang YANG, David A BLANK, JianFang QIAO, KeFen XU. Status and distribution of ungulates in Xinjiang, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2011, 3(1): 49-60.