Assessment of the uncertainties in temperature change in China during the last century

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1974-1982

  Li, Qing Xiang ^a   Dong, Wen Jie ^b   Li, Wei ^a   Gao, Xiao Rong ^a   Jones, P ^c   Kennedy, J ^d   Parker, D ^d  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dataset; Inhomogeneity; Temperature series; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954432361     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3209-1     Document Type: Article

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