An analysis of the spatial pattern of summer persistent moderate-to-heavy rainfall regime in Guizhou Province of Southwest China and the control factors

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-218

  Yin, Zhi Yong ^a,b   Cai, Yunlong ^c   Zhao, Xinyi ^c   Chen, Xiaoling ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; VORTEX FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 68349086799     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0060-2     Document Type: Article

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