Spatiotemporal change in China's frost days and frost-free season, 1955-2000

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Binhui ^a   Henderson, Mark ^b   Xu, Ming ^c,d  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROST EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DETECTION METHOD; FROST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 50049127518     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009259     Document Type: Article

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