Characterizing spatial patterns of precipitation based on corrected TRMM 3B43 data over the mid Tianshan Mountains of China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 628-645

  Ji, Xuan ^a,b   Chen, Yunfang ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Spatial pattern; Tianshan Mountains; TRMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866645900     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-012-2283-z     Document Type: Article

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