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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 873593, 11 pages
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Meteorological Drought in Shandong Province, China, from 1961 to 2008
1Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Received 10 February 2014; Revised 20 April 2014; Accepted 5 May 2014; Published 15 June 2014
Academic Editor: Shengli Huang
Copyright © 2014 Xiaoli Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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