Recent trends in weather and seasonal cycles: An analysis of daily data from Europe and China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D6, 2001, Pages 5123-5138

  Yan, Zhongwei ^a   Jones, Philip D ^b   Moberg, Anders ^c   Bergström, Hans ^d   Davies, Trevor D ^b   Yang, Chi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 0034951480     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900705     Document Type: Article

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