Inter-decadal variations of springtime rainfall over southern China mainland for 1979-2004 and its relationship with Eurasian snow

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Zuo, Zhi Yan ^a   Zhang, Ren He ^a   Wu, Bing Yi ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Eurasian snow; inter decadal shift; inter decadal variation; spring rainfall over southern China

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EASTERN CHINA; HIGH LATITUDES; INTER-DECADAL VARIATION; INTERANNUAL; INTERDECADAL; PRECIPITATION DATA; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPRING RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN CHINA; SPRING SNOW; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL OCEAN; WET AIR;

CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SNOW; SPRING (SEASON); TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

CHINA;

EID: 84856214507     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4337-4     Document Type: Article

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