Spatial and temporal variation of extreme precipitation over the Yangtze River Basin

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-31

  Su, Buda ^a   Gemmer, Marco ^a,b   Jiang, Tong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 45249085003     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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