An assessment of monsoon precipitation changes during 1901-2001

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-296

  Zhang, Lixia ^a,b   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Global monsoon; Long term change

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINGAUGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 79959791271     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-0993-5     Document Type: Article

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