Trend and variability of China's summer precipitation during 1955-2008

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 559-566

  Ye, Jian Sheng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Frequency density distribution; Rainfall variability; Sea surface temperature; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MID-LOWER REACHES OF YANGTZE RIVERS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH CHINA; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BINS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84896692630     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3705     Document Type: Article

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