Spatio-temporal variations of precipitation extremes in Xinjiang, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 434-435, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-18

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b,c   Li, Jianfeng ^a   Jiang, Fengqing ^d   Bai, Yungang ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^e Xinjiang Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid regions; Copula function; Extreme precipitation regimes; Joint distribution; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; COPULA FUNCTIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION REGIMES; JOINT DISTRIBUTION; XINJIANG;

ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; FLOODS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ARID REGION; DATA SET; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETTING;

CHINA; JIANGXI; TIEN SHAN; XIN RIVER;

EID: 84862798615     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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