Changes in hot days and heat waves in China during 1961-2007

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1452-1462

  Ding, Ting ^a   Qian, Weihong ^a   Yanb, Zhongwei ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate extremes; Climate trend; Heat waves; Hot days

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLIMATE EXTREMES; CLIMATE TRENDS; HEAT WAVES; HOT DAYS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77956461125     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1989     Document Type: Article

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