Trends in Seoul (1778-2004) summer precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Wang, Bin ^a   Ding, Qinghua ^a   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICS;

MANN-KENDALL RANK STATISTIC; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33845681526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026418     Document Type: Article

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