Precipitation simulation in China with a weather generator

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 689-698

  Liao, Yaoming ^a,b   Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Deliang ^a,b,c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Gamma distribution; Markov Chain; Precipitation; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

MARKOV CHAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATOR; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12844281164     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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