Trends in precipitation extremes in the Zhujiang River basin, South China

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 750-761

  Gemmer, Marco ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^a   Jiang, Tong ^a,b   Su, Buda ^a   Liu, Lü Liu ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Extreme events; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EXTREME EVENTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MEAN-WINDS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PEAKS OVER THRESHOLD; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RAIN DAYS; RAIN-INTENSITY; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH CHINA; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TREND TESTS; UPWARD TREND; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; ZHUJIANG;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; THUNDERSTORMS; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINSTORM; WIND DIRECTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 79953803051     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3717.1     Document Type: Article

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