Spatial distribution and temporal trends of mean precipitation and extremes in the arid region, northwest of China, during 1960-2010

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1807-1818

  Wang, Huaijun ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Chen, Zhongsheng ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Extremes; Jump; Mean precipitation; The arid region; Trends

Indexed keywords

EXTREMES; JUMP; LINEAR LEAST SQUARE METHODS; MEAN PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MICROCOMPUTERS;

LASERS;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84878623116     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9339     Document Type: Article

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