Decadal variability of droughts and floods in the Yellow River basin during the last five centuries and relations with the North Atlantic SST

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3217-3228

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Dongliang ^a   Li, Laurent ^b   Deng, Weitao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Drought flood; The North Atlantic SST; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DROUGHT; FLOODS; RIVERS; STORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DROUGHT/FLOOD; IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; YELLOW RIVER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHINA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84897051162     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3662     Document Type: Article

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