Recent climate trends on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Zhang, Hongfeng ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Mountainous region; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549110642     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-009-0236-y     Document Type: Article

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