Diurnal variations of precipitation during the warm season over China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1154-1170

  Yin, Shuiqing ^a,b   Chen, Deliang ^b,c   Xie, Yun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diurnal variations; Precipitation; The East Asian summer monsoon; Warm season

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; PRECIPITATION; THE EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; WARM SEASON;

GAGES; HEATING; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649921020     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1758     Document Type: Article

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