Multifractal analysis of 1-min summer rainfall time series from a monsoonal watershed in eastern China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 37-50

  Yonghe, Liu ^a   Kexin, Zhang ^b   Wanchang, Zhang ^c   Yuehong, Shao ^d   Hongqin, Pei ^b   Jinming, Feng ^e  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Linyi Meteorological Bureau of Shandong province   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHINA;

EID: 84871938028     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0627-9     Document Type: Article

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