The frequency of precipitation days in the Yangtze River basin

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 303, 2006, Pages 204-213

  Wu, Yijin ^a   Becker, Stefan ^b   King, Lorenz ^c   Kung, Hsiang Te ^d   Jiang, Tong ^e   Hartmann, Heike ^c   Zhu, Wenjing ^f  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency; Precipitation days; Trends; Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; RAIN; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION DAYS; TRENDS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN;

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

EID: 33745770048     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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