Decrease of light rain events in summer associated with a warming environment in China during 1961-2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Qian, Weihong ^a   Fu, Jiaolan ^a   Yan, Zhongwei ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; STATISTICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SUMMER;

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

EID: 34547995186     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029631     Document Type: Article

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