Tropical cyclone and extreme rainfall trends in East Asian summer monsoon since mid-20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Chih Pei ^a,b   Lei, Yonghui ^c   Sui, Chung Hisung ^a   Lin, Xiaohong ^d   Ren, Fumin ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^d Fujian Provincial Meteorology Bureau ^*  (China)

^e China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES;

ASIAN MONSOON; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EXTREME RAINFALL; NET IMPACT; RAINFALL SYSTEMS; RAINFALL TRENDS; REGIONAL EFFECTS; SOUTHERN CHINA; SUMMER MONSOON; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL OCEAN; TYPHOON RAINFALL; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

RAIN;

DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL REGION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TYPHOON;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); TAIWAN;

EID: 84867021890     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052945     Document Type: Review

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