Recent changes in the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Aiguo, Dai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY;

DIURNAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SECULAR TREND; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

EARTH SCIENCES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DIURNAL CYCLE;

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033083619     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998gl900318     Document Type: Article

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