Changing structure of the precipitation process during 1960-2005 in Xinjiang, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 229-244

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Li, Jianfeng ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Bai, Yungang ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84867097048     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0611-4     Document Type: Article

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