Changes in precipitation extremes over Shaanxi Province, northwestern China, during 1960-2011

Quaternary International

Volumn 313-314, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-129

  Liu, Wenli ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a   Wang, Shengjie ^a   Wang, Baolong ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Che, Yanjun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84886724258     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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