How often does it rain?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 916-934

  Sun, Ying ^a,b   Solomon, Susan ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^c   Portmann, Robert W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN GAGES; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; HEAVY PRECIPITAION; LAND PRECIPITATION; LIGHT PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33645969636     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3672.1     Document Type: Article

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