Precipitation and temperature trends for the Southwest China: 1960-2007

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3733-3744

  Qin, Nianxiu ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Fu, Guobin ^b,c   Zhai, Jianqing ^d   Xue, Xianwu ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mann Kendall test; Precipitation; Southwest China; Temperature; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MANN-KENDALL TREND TESTS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; SEASONAL MEAN; SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTHWEST CHINA; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TREND ANALYSIS; WEST SICHUAN; WINTER MONTHS; WINTER SEASONS;

PLANNING; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN; XIZANG;

EID: 78649461313     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7792     Document Type: Article

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