Warm–dry collocation of recent drought in southwestern China tied to moisture transport and climate warming*
Dai Xin-Ganga), Liu Yeb)†, Wang Pingc)
       
The 2000–2012 trends of the annual precipitation anomaly percentages with respect to their climate means for 1980–1999: (a) in situ observations; (b) gridded precipitation from CRUTS3.12; (c) trends of annual Dai–Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for 2000–2010.