Trends of the thermal growing season in China, 1951-2007

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Song, Yanling ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^b   Chen, Deliang ^b   Walther, Alexander ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Thermal growing season; Trend

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH QUALITY; NORTHERN CHINA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 72649087343     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1868     Document Type: Article

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