Evaluation of CMPA precipitation estimate in the evolution of typhoon-related storm rainfall in Guangdong, China

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1055-1068

  Wang, Dashan ^a   Wang, Xianwei ^a   Liu, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Dagang ^a   Huang, Huabing ^a   Pan, Cuilin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

CMPA; Evaluation; Extreme rainfall; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006846936     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2016.241     Document Type: Article

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