Research on the characteristics of urban rainstorm pattern in the humid area of Southern China: A case study of Guangzhou City

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4370-4386

  Chen, Zhihe ^a,b   Yin, Lei ^a,b   Chen, Xiaohong ^a,b   Wei, Shuai ^a,b   Zhu, Zhihua ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Water Security in Southern China of Guangdong High Education Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy mode recognition method; Guangzhou City; Humid climate area; Rainstorm pattern recognition; Urban rainstorm characteristics

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FUZZY MODE; GUANGZHOU CITY; HUMID CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN RAINSTORM CHARACTERISTICS;

RAIN;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84957971408     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4294     Document Type: Article

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