Cluster analysis on summer precipitation field over Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 1961 to 2004

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-307

  Lu, Heli ^a   Shao, Quanqin ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^a   Wang, Junbang ^a   Chen, Shenbin ^a   Chen, Zhuoqi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Precipitation cycle; Precipitation pattern field; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949100651     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-008-0295-y     Document Type: Article

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