Future Changes of Drought and Flood Events in China under a Global Warming Scenario

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Huo Po, Chen ^a   Jian Qi, Sun ^a   Xiao Li, Chen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

drought flood; projection; standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; FLOOD FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 85075717342     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2013.11447051     Document Type: Article

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