Opposite trends in summer precipitation in South and North Korea

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2311-2319

  Kim, Yeonjoo ^a   Kang, B ^b   Adams, J M ^c  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate trends; Feedbacks; Monsoon; North Korea; Precipitation; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE TRENDS; DATA SETS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MONSOON; NORTH KOREA; OBSERVATION DATA; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION; RAIN GAUGES; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

FEEDBACK; GAGES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN GAGES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84872386718     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3392     Document Type: Article

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