Hourly rainfall changes in response to surface air temperature over eastern contiguous China

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6851-6861

  Yu, Rucong ^a   Li, Jian ^a,b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b Dali National Climate Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Rainfall; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; DECADAL VARIABILITY; E-FOLDING; EASTERN CHINA; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; MEAN VALUES; NORTH CHINA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; VAPOR TRANSPORTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TECTONICS; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84867674641     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00656.1     Document Type: Article

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