Rapid warming in mid-latitude central Asia for the past 100 years

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Chen, Fahu ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^a,b   Jin, Liya ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Chen, Jianhui ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Arid; Central Asia; Temperature variation; Warming trend

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; WARMING;

CHINA; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 60349096099     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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