Changes in characteristics of late-summer precipitation over eastern China in the past 40 years revealed by hourly precipitation data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3390-3396

  Yu, Rucong ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Yuan, Weihua ^a   Chen, Haoming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY RAINFALL AMOUNTS; EASTERN CHINA; LOW-INTENSITY; NORTH CHINA; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAIN GAUGE DATA; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINY DAYS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; YANGTZE RIVER;

DROUGHT; GAGES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

RAIN;

DROUGHT; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SUMMER;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77955481489     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3454.1     Document Type: Article

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