Temperature and precipitation trends and dryness/wetness pattern in the Zhujiang River Basin, South China, 1961-2007

Quaternary International

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-148

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Gemmer, Marco ^a   Lüliu, Liu ^a   Buda, Su ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; HEAT ISLAND; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 80053385026     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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