The significant increase of summer rainfall occurring in Korea from 1998

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Choi, Ki Seon ^a   Moon, Ja Yeon ^b   Kim, Do Woo ^c   Byun, Hi Ryong ^c   Kripalani, R H ^c  

^a National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

KOREA;

EID: 78249234405     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0256-0     Document Type: Article

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