Regionalization of Precipitation Regimes in China

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Li Juan, Chen ^a   De Liang, Chen ^b   Hui Jun, Wang ^c   Jing Hui, Yan ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; precipitation; regionalization; REOF

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79960174423     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446818     Document Type: Article

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