Where have all the showers gone? Regiona
Where have all the showers gone? Regional declines in light precipitation events in China, 1960–2000
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Binhui Liu; Ming Xu; Mark Henderson
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract China has seen a decline in recorded precipitation events over 1960–2000. We find that this decline is mainly accounted for by the decrease of light precipitation events, those with intensities of 0.1–0.3 mm/day. The annual number of light precipitation events drops off remarkably aroun