Changes in annual maximum number of consecutive dry and wet days during 1961–2008 in Xinjiang, China

Extreme precipitation events are major causes of severe floods and droughts worldwide. Therefore, scientific understanding of changing properties of extreme precipitation events is of great scientific and practical merit in the development of human mitigation of natural hazards, such as floods and d...

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Main Authors: Y. Zhang, F. Jiang, W. Wei, M. Liu, W. Wang, L. Bai, X. Li, S. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1353/2012/nhess-12-1353-2012.pdf