Response of Desert Climate Change to Global Warming in Minqin,China
民勤荒漠区气候变化对全球变暖的响应

Global warming is a widespread concern around the world in recent years.How does desert climate respond to global warming then? In this paper,Minqin county in Gansu province of China,a typical desert area in northwest China,was selected as an example to analyze the response by the use of temperature data,precipitation,relative air humidity,sandstorm days and other related data since 1961.The increase rate of annual average temperature in the study area was higher than the global increase rate in the 20th ce...