Trends in precipitation extremes during the typhoon season in Taiwan over the last 60years

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-43

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Chen, Den Jing ^b   Lin, Pay Liam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Precipitation extremes; Taiwan; Trends; Typhoon season

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84892723205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.464     Document Type: Article

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