Changes in arid climate over North China detected by the Köppen climate classification

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 981-990

  Kim, Hyung Jin ^a   Wang, Bin ^a,b   Ding, Qinghua ^a   Chung, Il Ung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 65749093450     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.981     Document Type: Article

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