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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 203682, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/203682
Research Article
Self-Organized Criticality of Rainfall in Central China
College of Mathematics and Informatics, North China University of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, 36 Beihuan Road, Henan, Zhengzhou 450011, China
Received 13 June 2012; Revised 28 August 2012; Accepted 16 September 2012
Academic Editor: Harry D. Kambezidis
Copyright © 2012 Zhiliang Wang and Chunyan Huang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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