Precipitation division and climate shift in China from 1960 to 2000

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Qian, WeiHong ^a,b   Qin, A ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Meteorological Bureau of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WESTERLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 44949243343     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0330-4     Document Type: Article

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