Research Article
Analysis of Changes in Precipitation and Drought in Aksu River Basin, Northwest China
Table 4
Aridity Index, annual precipitation, and reference evapotranspiration estimated using FAO-56 Penman–Monteith equation.
| Station name | Precipitation (mm/year) | PET (mm/year) | Aridity index | Climate |
| Aksu | 73.947 | 972.22 | 0.076 | Arid | Aheqi | 215.045 | 985.51 | 0.218 | Semiarid | Alar | 48.910 | 1023.91 | 0.048 | Extreme arid | Baicheng | 119.041 | 832.52 | 0.143 | Arid | Keping | 96.343 | 1102.73 | 0.087 | Arid | Kuche | 69.812 | 1164.73 | 0.060 | Arid | Turgat | 246.653 | 621.34 | 0.397 | Semiarid | Wuqia | 180.106 | 1082.91 | 0.166 | Arid | Kashi | 67.380 | 1125.91 | 0.060 | Arid |
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