Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1749-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1749-2018
Research article
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09 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2018

Characterizing drought in terms of changes in the precipitation–runoff relationship: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China

Yuan Zhang, Xiaoming Feng, Xiaofeng Wang, and Bojie Fu

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (18 Aug 2017) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (31 Oct 2017) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (16 Nov 2017) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Feb 2018) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
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We characterized drought by linking climate anomalies with the change in precipitation–runoff relationships in China's Loess Plateau, where drought is of major concern for revegetation. Multi-year drought causes a change in the precipitation–runoff relationship in this water limited area. The drought causing a decrease in runoff ratio is vital to ecosystem management. The revegetation in the Loess Plateau should live with the spatially varied drought.