Detection of trends in precipitation extremes in Zhejiang, east China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 201-210

  Tian, Ye ^a   Xu, Yue Ping ^a   Booij, M J ^b   Lin, Shengji ^a   Zhang, Qingqing ^a   Lou, Zhanghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS; TYPHOON;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84855564032     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0472-2     Document Type: Article

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