Articles | Volume 23, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3081-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3081-2019
Research article
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19 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2019

Spatiotemporal changes in aridity of Pakistan during 1901–2016

Kamal Ahmed, Shamsuddin Shahid, Xiaojun Wang, Nadeem Nawaz, and Najeebullah Khan

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The long-term changes (1901–2016) in annual and seasonal aridity in Pakistan and its causes are analyzed in this paper. Gauge-based gridded precipitation and PET data are used to show the spatial and temporal patterns of the changes in aridity over the diverse climate of the country. The present study suggests that the relative influence of precipitation and temperature on aridity determines its trends in the context of climate change.