Dryland East Asia in hemispheric context

Geoffrey M. Henebry*, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Christopher K. Wright, Ranjeet John, Elena Lioubimtseva

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Abstract

This chapter aims to place dryland East Asia (DEA) into hemispheric context by contrasting recent patterns of variability and change observed within DEA with comparable dryland regions in Central Asia and North America. Key knowledge gaps in DEA include the impacts of climate variability and change on both biogeophysical and socio-physical processes (Qi et al., 2012). Water is the common limiting factor in all drylands. Thus, we focus on spatiotemporal patterns of three environmental variables related to water-the state of the vegetated land surface, land cover, and precipitation-to contextualize the recent land dynamics in the arid expanses of East Asia.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDryland East Asia
Subtitle of host publicationLand Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change
EditorsJiquan Chen, Shiqiang Wan, Geoffrey Henebry, Jiaguo Qi, Garik Gutman, Ge Sun, Martin Kappas
PublisherDe Gruyter
Chapter2
Pages23-43
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9783110287912
ISBN (Print)9783110287868
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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