Recent trends in observed temperature and precipitation extremes in the Yangtze River basin, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 139-151

  Su, Buda D ^a,b   Jiang, Tong ^a   Jin, Weibin B ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 28044445086     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0139-y     Document Type: Article

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