Extreme temperature days in Hong Kong

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 476-491

  Yan, Yuk Yee ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extreme temperature; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0141905901     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.6.476     Document Type: Article

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