Seasonal precipitation changes in the wet season and their influence on flood/drought hazards in the Yangtze River Basin, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Gemmer, Marco ^a   Jiang, Tong ^a,b   Su, Buda ^a   Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^c,d  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WET SEASON;

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

EID: 45249098710     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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