Daily precipitation changes in the semi-arid region over northern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 771-784

  Gong, Dao Yi ^a   Shi, Pei Jun ^a   Wang, Jing Ai ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Daily precipitation; Northern China; Semi arid region

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4143125486     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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