Diurnal variation of precipitation over southeastern China: Spatial distribution and its seasonality

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Guixing ^a   Sha, Weiming ^a   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTERN CHINA; MORNING RAINFALL; OFFSHORE AREA; RAIN RATES; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

LANDFORMS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349333109     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011103     Document Type: Article

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