Spatial and temporal variation of extreme precipitation indices in the Yangtze River basin, China

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-475

  Guo, Jiali ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Li, Tianyuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme precipitation indices; Spatial and temporal distribution; Statistical downscaling; Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; RAIN; RIVERS; TESTING; WATERSHEDS;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84872491098     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0643-4     Document Type: Article

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