Towards identifying areas at climatological risk of desertification using the Köppen-Geiger classification and FAO aridity index

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Spinoni, Jonathan, Vogt, Jürgen, Naumann, Gustavo, Carrao, Hugo, Barbosa, Paulo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Subjects: DESERTIFICATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Canada; Argentina; Geiger; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/42876

Over the past decades, a continuous rise in global air temperatures resulted in significant changes in the global hydrological cycle. Regionally increased frequencies of extreme weather events and changes in the regional extent of drylands resulted in new areas at risk of desertification, a complex...