Trends of summer dry spells in China during the late twentieth century

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 203-214

  Gong, Dao Yi ^a   Wang, J A ^a   Han, H ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17844367850     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-004-0081-z     Document Type: Article

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