Where have all the showers gone? Regional declines in light precipitation events in China, 1960-2000

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1177-1191

  Liu, Binhui ^a   Xu, Ming ^b,c   Henderson, Mark ^d  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Light precipitation; Trace precipitation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; CHINA; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; INHOMOGENEITIES; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TOTAL CLOUD COVER; TRACE PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOLAR RADIATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79251487601     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2144     Document Type: Article

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