Changes in seasonal cycle and extremes in China during the period 1960-2008

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-283

  Yan, Zhongwei ^a   Xia, Jiangjiang ^a,b,c   Qian, Cheng ^a   Zhou, Wen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

climate change indices; season length; seasonal cycle; temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551660338     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0006-3     Document Type: Article

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