A relationship between solar activity and frequency of natural disasters in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 934-939

  Wang, Zhongrui ^a   Feng, Song ^b   Tang, Maocang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Earthquake; Flood; Length of the solar cycle; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EARTHQUAKE; FLOODING; NATURAL DISASTER; SOLAR CYCLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAIWAN;

EID: 0346277153     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915516     Document Type: Article

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