Interdecadal change in extreme precipitation over South China and its mechanism

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Ning, Liang ^a   Qian, Yongfu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme precipitation; Interdecadal change; Latent heat flux; Sensible heat flux; South China

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649321893     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-0109-x     Document Type: Article

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