Pattern-based statistical downscaling of East Asian Summer Monsoon precipitation

Thorsten Simon; Andreas Hense; Buda Su; Tong Jiang; Clemens Simmer; Christian Ohlwein

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19749

Pattern-based statistical downscaling of East Asian Summer Monsoon precipitation

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Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Thorsten Simon, Andreas Hense, Buda Su, Tong Jiang, Clemens Simmer and Christian Ohlwein

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Submitted on: Sep 20, 2012

Accepted on: Jan 24, 2013

Published on: Dec 1, 2013

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Keywords:

Poyang catchment,

Meiyu belt,

East Asian Summer Monsoon,

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