Diurnal Variations in Summer Precipitation over the Yellow River Basin

Figure 1

Variation in the monthly mean precipitation (units: mm) over the Yellow River Basin (YRB) from 1961 to 2010. The red bars indicate the summer months studied in this research. The inset is a map of China, with the red box showing the location of the YRB (33.5–41.5°N 96–119°E). The two blue lines denote the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, respectively.