Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation in East China from 1880 to 1999

Climate Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Qian, Weihong ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^b   Zhu, Yafen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

20th century; Decadal rainfall anomalies; East China; Precipitation; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 33751574218     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr032209     Document Type: Article

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