MONSOON REGIONS - THE HIGHEST RATE OF PRECIPITATION CHANGES OBSERVED FROM GLOBAL DATA

Authors
FU CB ZHENG ZM
Citation
Cb. Fu et Zm. Zheng, MONSOON REGIONS - THE HIGHEST RATE OF PRECIPITATION CHANGES OBSERVED FROM GLOBAL DATA, Chinese Science Bulletin, 43(8), 1998, pp. 662-666
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Chinese Science Bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10016538
Volume
43
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
662 - 666
Database
ISI
SICI code
1001-6538(1998)43:8<662:MR-THR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The global distributions of the rate of precipitation change at season al, interannual and interdecadal scales are computed from the observed global data sets. The analysis has revealed that the monsoon regions in Asia and West Africa, and to lesser extent Australia, have the high est rate of precipitation change at all time scales in the world. Thes e changes are manifested as seasonal jump, high interannual and interd ecadal variability and abrupt changes between climate regimes.