Temporal and spatial trends of precipitation and river flow in the Yangtze River Basin, 1961-2000

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 143-154

  Jiang, Tong ^a   Su, Buda ^a   Hartmann, Heike ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Precipitation; River flow; Temporal and spatial trends; Yangtze

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINSTORM; RIVER FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 33847358223     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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