Temporal and spatial characteristics of extreme hourly precipitation over eastern China in the warm season

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1177-1183

  Zhang, Huan ^a   Zhai, Panmao ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

climatic distribution; diurnal cycle; hourly precipitation data; short duration extreme precipitation; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051905717     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-011-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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