Drought hazard assessment and spatial characteristics analysis in China
✍ Scribed by Bin He; Aifeng Lü; Jianjun Wu; Lin Zhao; Ming Liu
- Book ID
- 107373271
- Publisher
- SP Science Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 901 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1009-637X
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