Rapid urbanization and changes in spatiotemporal characteristics of precipitation in Beijing metropolitan area

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,250-11,271

  Song, Xiaomeng ^a,b   Zhang, Jianyun ^a,b   Aghakouchak, Amir ^c   Roy, Shouraseni Sen ^d   Xuan, Yunqing ^e   Wang, Guoqing ^a,b   He, Ruimin ^a,b   Wang, Xiaojun ^a,b   Liu, Cuishan ^a,b  

^a NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84929595921     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022084     Document Type: Article

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