Changes in precipitation frequency and intensity in the vicinity of Taiwan: Typhoon versus non-typhoon events

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tu, Jien Yi ^a   Chou, Chia ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

climate changes; frequency; global warming; intensity; rainfall extreme; typhoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; STORMS;

FREQUENCY; INTENSITY; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; RAINFALL EXTREMES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; TRANSLATION SPEED; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84876162227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014023     Document Type: Article

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