Extreme monthly precipitation pattern in China and its dependence on Southern Oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 806-814

  Wan, Shiquan ^a,b   Hu, Yuling ^a   You, Zhiyuan ^a   Kang, Jianpeng ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a  

^a Yangzhou Meteorological Office   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme precipitation; Generalized Pareto distribution; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; REGIONAL FEATURE; SCALE AND SHAPE PARAMETERS; SCALE PARAMETER; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SOUTHERN CHINA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCHEME; TIME-SCALES; TRANSITION ZONES; YELLOW RIVER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84874772595     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3466     Document Type: Article

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