Variability and trends of high temperature, high humidity, and sultry weather in the warm season in China during the period 1961-2004

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-143

  Shi, Xiaohui ^a   Lu, Chungu ^b   Xu, Xiangde ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Humidity; Summer warm season; Temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS RESULTS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER; HIGH HUMIDITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; NORTHERN CHINA; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRENDS; WARM SEASONS; WEATHER STATIONS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENT; HUMIDITY; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CHINA;

EID: 79951622098     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2345.1     Document Type: Article

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