简介：Thepatternofprecipitation,includingprecipitationamount,frequencyandintensity,maychangeinthefutureaccordingtothepredictionofclimatechange.Inaridzones,thesoildynamics,plantgrowthandvegetationchange,desertificationandhydrologymightbeaffectedbyprecipitationchange.Ingeneral,theprecipitationinextremearidzoneandaridzoneshowedanincreasetendencywhereastheprecipitationinsomeareainsemi-aridzoneandsub-humidaridzoneshowedadecreasetendency.Theincreaseofprecipitationcouldenhancethegrowthofbiologicalsoilcrust,improvesoilwaterstatus,promoteplantgrowth,increasevegetationcoverage,facilitatethechangefromdesertvegetationtograsslandvegetation,anditisbenefittothereversionoflanddesertification.Inaddition,theincreaseofprecipitationcouldalsoincreasetheriverrunoff,lakestorageandpromotetheoccurrenceofflood,whilethedecreaseofprecipitationhastheadverseeffect.Thesestudieswillbenefitthepredictionofthepossibleresponseofecosystemprocessestothepotentialchangeofprecipitationpatterninaridzonesinthefuture,anditisimportanttotheconservationofnaturalvegetationandthecontrolofdesertification.Morefieldexperimentsandstudiesshouldbeconductedinthefuture,includingtheeffectofincreasedprecipitationortemperature,nitrogendepositionandCO2onsoil,vegetation,desertificationandhydrologyofaridzones,soasthemorepersuasiveresultscouldbeobtainedfromtheseexperimentsandstudies.