Changes of precipitation intensity spectra in different regions of mainland china during 1961-2006

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1085-1098

  Jiang, Zhihong ^a   Shen, Yuchen ^a   Ma, Tingting ^a   Zhai, Panmao ^a,b   Fang, Sida ^a,c  

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

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c Wuhan Regional Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

Different regions; Precipitation intensity distribution; distribution

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84930675755     PISSN: 20956037     EISSN: 21980934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-3233-1     Document Type: Article

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