Changes in wind speed and extremes in Beijing during 1960-2008 based on homogenized observations

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 408-420

  Li, Zhen ^a,b   Yan, Zhongwei ^a   Tu, Kai ^a   Liu, Weidong ^c   Wang, Yingchun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

daily mean wind speed; East Asian monsoon; geostrophic wind; homogenization; mean sea level pressure; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551668824     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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