Changes in duration-related characteristics of late-summer precipitation over eastern China in the past 40 years

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5683-5690

  Li, Jian ^a,b   Yu, Rucong ^c   Yuan, Weihua ^c,d   Chen, Haoming ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b Dali National Climate Observatory   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate variability; Interdecadal variability

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMMON FEATURES; DECADAL CHANGE; DURATION TIME; EASTERN CHINA; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; KEY FEATURE; LONG DURATION; NORTH CHINA; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RAINFALL EVENT; SHORT DURATION RAINFALLS; YANGTZE RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TECTONICS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 80755163148     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00009.1     Document Type: Article

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