Frequency of extreme high temperature days in China, 1961-2003

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 46-49

  Zhang, F ^a   Gao, Hui ^b   Cui, X ^c  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 54949086745     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.136     Document Type: Article

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