The unprecedented freezing disaster in january 2008 in Southern China and its possible association with the global warming

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-558

  Ding, Yihui ^a   Wang, Zunya ^a   Song, Yafang ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Freezing rain; Global warming; Low temperature; Rain and snow storms; The southern China 2008 freezing disaster

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; COLD AIR; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; LA NINA; NATURAL DISASTER; STORM;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 61349144204     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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