Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of drought on extreme temperature in eastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 9050-9059

  Hao, Zengchao ^a   Hao, Fanghua ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Ouyang, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

copula; drought; hot extremes; maximum temperature

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; CHONGQING; SICHUAN;

EID: 85030108435     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017JD027030     Document Type: Article

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