Regional trends in recent temperature indices in China

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-134

  Qian, Weihong ^a   Lin, Xiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Regional climate trends; Temperature indices

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RIVERS; STATISTICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; INDEX METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 27744448089     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027119     Document Type: Article

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