Projected changes of precipitation extremes in river basins over China

Quaternary International

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-158

  Xu, Chonghai ^a,b   Luo, Yong ^b   Xu, Ying ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA; HAI BASIN; HUAI BASIN;

EID: 80053386170     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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