Determination of precipitation cycle in Beijing area and comparison with solar activity cycle

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Juan, Zhao ^a,b   Yanben, Han ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; Period; Sunspot numbers

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748141990     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-005-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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