Why does precipitation in northwest China show a significant increasing trend from 1960 to 2010?

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 167, Issue , 2016, Pages 275-284

  Li, Baofu ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^b   Chen, Zhongsheng ^c   Xiong, Heigang ^d   Lian, Lishu ^a  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulations; Northwestern China; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BALLOONS; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NORTHWEST CHINA; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; WEATHER STATIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84941254874     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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