Decadal features of heavy rainfall events in eastern China

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-303

  Chen, Huopo ^a,b,c   Sun, Jianqi ^a,b   Fan, Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere water content; Decadal variability; Eastern China; Heavy rainfall events; Stratification stability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; HUAI RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84867265693     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-012-0303-0     Document Type: Article

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