Analysis of spatial distribution and temporal trend of soil moisture over the Tibetan Plateau from 1978 to 2013

Xianhong Meng1, Shihua Lu2, Ruiqing Li3, Tangtang Zhang4 and Luan Lan1, (1)Cold and Arid Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (2)Chengdu University of Information Technology, chengdu, China, (3)Neimenggu Meteorological Observatory, huhehaote, China, (4)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China