Water vapor transportation over China and its relationship with draught and flood in the Yangtze River Basin

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 482-490

  Jiang, Xingwen ^a   Li, Yueqing ^a   Wang, Xin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Complex EOF; Drought and flood; Water vapor transportation; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; DROUGHT; FLOOD; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TROUGH; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 49149090705     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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