Climatology comparison studies of precipitations between GPCP and rain gauges in China

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-333

  Zi, Yong ^a   Xu, Yinlong ^a   Fu , Yunfei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China precipitation; Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP); Rain gauges

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33845349721     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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