Accelerated human activities affecting the spatial pattern of temperature in the Yangtze River Delta

Quaternary International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 112-121

  Xie, Z Q ^a   Du, Y ^b   Zeng, Y ^a   Yan, M L ^a   Zhu, C Y ^a  

^a Jiangsu Institute of Building Science   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT ISLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 77957169279     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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