Comparison of surface variables from ERA and NCEP reanalysis with station data over eastern China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 611-621

  Liu, Zhaofei ^a,b   Xu, Zongxue ^b   Yao, Zhijun ^a   Huang, Heqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84856556706     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0501-1     Document Type: Article

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