Trends of precipitation intensity and frequency in hydrological regions of China from 1956 to 2005

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-51

  Zhang, Xiaoying ^a   Cong, Zhentao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Droughts; Extreme precipitation; Precipitation; Precipitation intensity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CHINA; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; KRIGING INTERPOLATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS OF PRECIPITATIONS;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84897937969     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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