Spatiotemporal Variation of Precipitation Regime in China from 1961 to 2014 from the Standardized Precipitation Index

Spatiotemporal Variation of Precipitation Regime in China from 1961 to 2014 from the Standardized Precipitation Index

Prediction of drought and flood events can be difficult, but the standardized precipitation index (SPI) calculated from monthly data may be a useful tool for predicting future dryness/wetness events in China. The rainy season SPI was calculated from monthly precipitation data from 3804 meteorologica...

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Main Authors: Xuefeng Yuan, Jinshi Jian, Gang Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
drought
Standard Precipitation Index (SPI)
Mann-Kendall test
wavelet analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/11/194

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