Hydroclimate analysis of severe floods in China's Poyang Lake Region

Earth Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Shankman, David ^a   Keim, Barry D ^b   Nakayama, Tadanobu ^c   Li, Rongfang ^d   Wu, Dunyin ^e   Craig Remington, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Global Environmental Research   (Japan)

^d Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences   (China)

^e JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

China; ENSO; Floods; Poyang Lake; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871515484     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2012EI000455.1     Document Type: Article

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