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Different facets of dry–wet patterns in south-western China over the past 27 000 years
Mengna Liao
College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, PR China
Kai Li
College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, PR China
Weiwei Sun
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing
Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, PR China
College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, PR China
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Short summary
The long-term trajectories of precipitation, hydrological balance and soil moisture are not completely consistent in southwest China. Hydrological balance was more sensitive to temperature change on a millennial scale. For soil moisture, plant processes also played a big role in addition to precipitation and temperature. Under future climate warming, surface water shortage in southwest China can be even more serious and efforts at reforestation may bring some relief to the soil moisture deficit.
The long-term trajectories of precipitation, hydrological balance and soil moisture are not...
