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1. Semidesert is the Paradox of the Twentieth Century

Author:
Safronova, I. N.
Source:
Arid ecosystems 2019 v.9 no.1 pp. 1-6
ISSN:
2079-0961
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; deserts; ecosystems; steppes; Russia;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The steppe zone occupies large area in the South of the European Russia. Part of the Caspian Lowland belongs to the desert zone. Some researchers distinguish the semidesert zone along with the steppe and desert zones. The paradox is that there is no semidesert type of vegetation, there are no typical elements for the semidesert, but the semidesert is considered as a separate zone. ...
DOI:
10.1134/S2079096119010098

2. Experimental investigation on effect of an absorber plate covered by a layer of sand on the efficiency of passive solar air collector

Author:
Lati, M.; Boughali, S.; Bechki, D.; Bouguettaia, H.; Mennouche, D.; Gana, N.; Ghettas, S.
Source:
International journal of green energy 2019 v.16 no.6 pp. 413-422
ISSN:
1543-5083
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; air; collectors; particle size; sand; solar energy; Algeria;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A passive flat-plate solar air collector was constructed in the laboratory of New and Renewable Energy in Arid Zones, Ouargla University, South East Algeria. The absorber of the passive flat-plate solar air collector was laminated with a thin layer of local sand. This acted as a thermal packed bed with a collecting area of 0.5 m² (1 m × 0.5 m). Three series of experiments were performed. The first ...
DOI:
10.1080/15435075.2019.1577740

3. Water distribution management in South-East Spain: A guaranteed system in a context of scarce resources

Author:
Melgarejo-Moreno, Joaquín; López-Ortiz, María-Inmaculada; Fernández-Aracil, Patricia
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.648 pp. 1384-1393
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; governance; hygiene; models; modernization; socioeconomics; water distribution; Spain;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Growing global scarcity of water is forcing a change in their management models and the need to implement good governance schemes, understood as the implementation of legal, institutional and economic mechanisms that enable the efficient organisation of the activity developed by all of the agents involved in water management. In this sense, one of the greatest achievements in Spanish hydraulic his ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.263

4. Environmental significance and zonal characteristics of stable isotope of atmospheric precipitation in arid Central Asia

Author:
Li, Zong-Jie; Li, Zong-Xing; Yu, Hai-Chao; Song, Ling-Ling; Ma, Jin-Zhu
Source:
Atmospheric research 2019 v.227 pp. 24-40
ISSN:
0169-8095
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; evaporation rate; monsoon season; mountains; oases; oxygen; rain; stable isotopes; summer; temperature; Central Asia;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... To analyse the environmental significance and zonal characteristics of stable isotopes of precipitation in Arid Central Asia systematically, this study took the Pan-Hexi region as an example study area. A total of 1747 precipitation samples were collected from 25 sampling points from May 2013 to July 2014. The results showed that the elevation effects of δ18O and δ2H of precipitation in the Pan-He ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.04.022

5. Agricultural drought assessment based on multiple soil moisture products

Author:
Baik, Jongjin; Zohaib, Muhammad; Kim, Ungtae; Aadil, Muhammad; Choi, Minha
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2019 v.167 pp. 43-55
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; drought; dry environmental conditions; monitoring; soil water; soil water deficit; tropics; water resources; Australia;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this study, we evaluated three soil moisture (SM) products (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 [AMSR2], Advanced SCATterometer [ASCAT], and European Reanalysis Interim [ERA-interim]) across Australia in four climate zones by comparing against the Australian Water Resources Assessment-Landscape (AWRA-L) SM products from July 2012 to June 2017. The ASCAT SM indicated better performance than ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.007

6. Prediction of groundwater depth in an arid region based on maximum tree height

Author:
Yang, Xiao-Dong; Qie, Ya-Dong; Teng, De-Xiong; Ali, Arshad; Xu, Yilu; Bolan, Nanthi; Liu, Wei-Guo; Lv, Guang-Hui; Ma, Li-Gang; Yang, Sheng-Tian; Zibibula, Simayi
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2019 v.574 pp. 46-52
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; groundwater; hydrologic cycle; models; prediction; tree height; trees; water table; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Groundwater is the most important water resource in arid regions. However, the groundwater traditional models and field measurements are limited due to the fluctuations in hydrological cycles and the difficulty in the accurate quantification of associated parameters. Here, we hypothesized that maximum potential tree height could be used to predict groundwater depth due to the hydraulic limitation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.022

7. Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire

Author:
Cookson, Evangeline; Hill, Daniel J.; Lawrence, Dan
Source:
Journal of archaeological science 2019 v.106 pp. 1-9
ISSN:
0305-4403
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; archaeology; cities; climate change; climate models; river flow; temperature; vegetation; water security;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Four thousand years ago what is often considered to be the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire, collapsed. Proxy data has suggested a regional aridification event coincided with this collapse, but there is a lack of records collected from within the Mesopotamian region, where the Akkadian Empire was based. Here we analyse a suite of simulations from the HadCM3 climate model covering the last ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jas.2019.03.009

8. Local soil hydrological effects of nebkha creation in a degraded artificial Caragana shrubland

Author:
Qu, Wen-jie; Chen, Lin; Wang, Lei; Wang, Xing; Song, Nai-ping; Yang, Xin-guo
Source:
Ecological engineering 2019 v.131 pp. 27-33
ISSN:
0925-8574
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; Caragana; antimony; forests; growing season; infiltration rate; sand; shrublands; soil water; water holding capacity;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Nebkhas play a key role in the regulation of soil moisture in arid regions. In this study, we monitored the responses of soil hydrological processes to the developed nebkhas by adding sand to the origin dune in a degraded artificial Caragana shrubland from 2012 to 2016. No physical properties but infiltration rate were affected by sand addition in surface soils (0–10 cm soil layer). More specifica ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.02.017

9. Morphological comparison among populations of Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck (Asparagaceae), a species used for mezcal production in Mexico

Author:
Castañeda-Nava, José Juvencio; Rodríguez-Domínguez, José Manuel; Camacho-Ruiz, Rosa María; Gallardo-Valdez, Juan; Villegas-García, Edgardo; Gutiérrez-Mora, Antonia
Source:
Flora 2019 v.255 pp. 18-23
ISSN:
0367-2530
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; Agave salmiana; alcoholic beverages; analysis of variance; leaves; teeth; Mexico;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agave salmiana represents a high economic and cultural relevance in Mexican society. Cultivated in arid zones of Mexico, it is the agave species primarily used for the production of mezcal, a traditional Mexican alcoholic beverage. In this study, we performed a morphological comparison among 145 accessions of Agave salmiana ssp. crassispina and ssp. salmiana from 14 municipalities in northern Guan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.flora.2019.03.019

10. Impact of the Crucial Geographic and Climatic Factors on the Input Source Errors of GPM-based Global Satellite Precipitation Estimates

Author:
Chen, Hanqing; Yong, Bin; Gourley, Jonathan J.; Liu, Jiufu; Ren, Liliang; Wang, Weiguang; Hong, Yang; Zhang, Jianyun
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2019
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; algorithms; climatic factors; hydrology; rain; satellites; spring; summer; topography; winter; China;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The impact of crucial geographic and climatic factors on the input source errors of integrated multi-satellite precipitation estimates is an important but still unclear issue for both algorithm developers and data users. This study primarily focused on the impacts of the twelve input sources used in the latest Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation for Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM-GSMa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.020

11. Quantifying provenance of reservoir sediment using multiple composite fingerprints in an arid region experiencing both wind and water erosion

Author:
Niu, Baicheng; Qu, Jianjun; Zhang, Xunchang (John); Liu, Benli; Tan, Lihai; An, Zhishan
Source:
Geomorphology 2019 v.332 pp. 112-121
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; dunes; mountains; particle size; provenance; rivers; sand; water erosion; watersheds; wind; wind erosion;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Quantitative information on sediment sources is useful for developing targeted protection measures that effectively control soil erosion in a watershed. In this study, a multiple composite fingerprints method was tested and used for quantifying the sediment provenance of the Danghe River, and for providing effective sediment control strategies for the watershed in an arid region experiencing both ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.011

12. Characterizing effects of monsoons and climate teleconnections on precipitation in China using wavelet coherence and global coherence

Author:
Chang, Xueyu; Wang, Binbin; Yan, Yan; Hao, Yonghong; Zhang, Ming
Source:
Climate dynamics 2019 v.52 no.9-10 pp. 5213-5228
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; El Nino; atmospheric precipitation; monsoon season; prediction; semiarid zones; water management; wavelet; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Weather and climate in a location are generally affected by global climatic phenomena. Monsoons and teleconnections are two climatic phenomena that have been assessed in specific regions for their correlations with regional precipitation. This study characterized the effects of monsoons and climate teleconnections on precipitation in eight climate zones across China. Correlations between monthly p ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-018-4439-1

13. Spatial distribution of unidirectional trends in temperature and temperature extremes in Pakistan

Author:
Khan, Najeebullah; Shahid, Shamsuddin; Ismail, Tarmizi bin; Wang, Xiao-Jun
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.136 no.3-4 pp. 899-913
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; anthropogenic activities; climate change; coasts; cold; heat; surface temperature; Pakistan;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries of the world to temperature extremes due to its predominant arid climate and geographic location in the fast temperature rising zone. Spatial distribution of the trends in annual and seasonal temperatures and temperature extremes over Pakistan has been assessed in this study. The gauge-based gridded daily temperature data of Berkeley Earth Surface T ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-018-2520-7

14. Trends and homogeneity of monthly, seasonal, and annual rainfall over arid region of Rajasthan, India

Author:
Meena, Hari Mohan; Machiwal, Deepesh; Santra, Priyabrata; Moharana, Pratap Chandra; Singh, D. V.
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.136 no.3-4 pp. 795-811
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; monsoon season; planning; rain; spatial variation; temporal variation; water management; India;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Knowledge of rainfall variability is important for regional-scale planning and management of water resources in agriculture. This study explores spatio-temporal variations, trends, and homogeneity in monthly, seasonal, and annual rainfall series of 62 stations located in arid region of Rajasthan, India using 55 year (1957–2011) data. Box-whisker plots indicate presence of outliers and extremes in ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-018-2510-9

15. Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

Author:
Chen, Fahu; Chen, Jianhui; Huang, Wei; Chen, Shengqian; Huang, Xiaozhong; Jin, Liya; Jia, Jia; Zhang, Xiaojian; An, Chengbang; Zhang, Jiawu; Zhao, Yan; Yu, Zicheng; Zhang, Renhe; Liu, Jianbao; Zhou, Aifeng; Feng, Song
Source:
Earth-science reviews 2019 v.192 pp. 337-354
ISSN:
0012-8252
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; ecological restoration; global warming; latitude; solar radiation; Caspian Sea; Central Asia;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The ‘westerlies-dominated climatic regime’ (WDCR) in the present interglacial period was proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid-latitude monsoonal Asia are out-of-phase or anti-phased on different timescales during the Holocene. In this study. we first review the development of the theoretical framework of the WDCR, and then outline the boundary of its ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.03.005

16. Wild zebra finches choose neighbours for synchronized breeding

Author:
Brandl, Hanja B.; Griffith, Simon C.; Schuett, Wiebke
Source:
Animal behaviour 2019 v.151 pp. 21-28
ISSN:
0003-3472
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; Taeniopygia guttata; breeding; foraging; nests; oviposition; phenology; predation; Australia;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Organisms should aim to time their reproduction to match the optimal ecological conditions and thus maximize their fitness. However, social cues have been identified as determinants of reproductive decisions and might also be involved in coordinating the timing of reproduction. Breeding synchronously with other individuals can bring several advantages, including a reduced individual predation risk ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.03.002

17. Iron record associated with sandstorms in a central Asian shallow ice core spanning 1956–2004

Author:
Du, Zhiheng; Xiao, Cunde; Zhang, Wangbin; Handley, Mike J.; Mayewski, Paul A.; Liu, Yaping; Li, Xiangying
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2019 v.203 pp. 121-130
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; aluminum; dust; emissions; glaciers; ice; iron; lead; pollutants; solubility; Central Asia; China;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The metal elements in alpine ice can provide historical information about natural mineral dust and anthropogenic pollutant emissions. To determine how the Fe concentration and flux variations relate to natural sandstorms and anthropogenic emissions from 1956 to 2004 A.D., Fe, Al, Pb and other element records were measured in a shallow ice core from the Miaoergou Glacier in East Tienshan, central A ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.01.033

18. Dynamics and driving mechanisms of asymmetric human water consumption during alternating wet and dry periods

Author:
Tian, Fuqiang; Lu, You; Hu, Hongchang; Kinzelbach, Wolfgang; Sivapalan, Murugesu
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2019 v.64 no.5 pp. 507-524
ISSN:
2150-3435
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; basins; models; runoff; sustainable development; watersheds; Central Asia; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Increases in human water consumption (HWC) and consequent degradation of the ecological environment are common in arid regions. Understanding the mechanisms behind these processes is important for sustainable development. Analyses of changes in HWC between alternating wet and dry periods are carried out in four arid inland basins in Central Asia and China (Syr Darya, Tarim, Heihe and Shulehe river ...
DOI:
10.1080/02626667.2019.1588972

19. Analysis of trend in temperature and rainfall time series of an Indian arid region: comparative evaluation of salient techniques

Author:
Machiwal, Deepesh; Gupta, Ankit; Jha, Madan Kumar; Kamble, Trupti
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.136 no.1-2 pp. 301-320
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; autocorrelation; monsoon season; rain; temperature; time series analysis; winter; India;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study investigated trends in 35 years (1979–2013) temperature (maximum, Tₘₐₓ and minimum, Tₘᵢₙ) and rainfall at annual and seasonal (pre-monsoon, monsoon, post-monsoon, and winter) scales for 31 grid points in a coastal arid region of India. Box-whisker plots of annual temperature and rainfall time series depict systematic spatial gradients. Trends were examined by applying eight tests, such ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-018-2487-4

20. Water-independent residential properties as a transformational solution to achieve water sustainability in desert cities?

Author:
Forrest, Nigel; Stein, Zoë; Wiek, Arnim
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.214 pp. 1038-1049
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
arid zones,   etc   ; case studies; cities; residential areas; risk; stakeholders; watersheds; Arizona; Colorado River;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cities in regions around the world, such as the Colorado River Basin, face severe water challenges and need solutions that deliver significant progress towards sustainable urban water systems. Real-world experiments help stakeholders learn about solutions and select the most promising for scaling and transfer, but the sustainability experiments literature lacks guidance on how solution case studie ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.309