Long-term trends in solar radiation and the associated climatic factors over China for 1961-2000

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2425-2432

  Liang, Feng ^a,b   Xia, X A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosol and particles; General or miscellaneous); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Radiative processes)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION;

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

EID: 27844573801     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2425-2005     Document Type: Article

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