Large-scale atmospheric singularities and summer long-cycle droughts-floods abrupt alternation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2027-2034

  Wu, Zhiwei ^a,b   Li, Jianping ^b   He, Jinhai ^a,c   Jiang, Zhihong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Droughts floods abrupt alternation; Large scale circulation singularities; Long cycle timescale; Middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748933068     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2060-x     Document Type: Article

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