Inter-decadal variability of summer rainfall in Eastern China detected by the Lepage test

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 481-488

  Liu, Yong ^a   Huang, Gang ^a   Huang, Ronghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

CHINA;

EID: 81155137828     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0442-8     Document Type: Article

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