Changes in near-surface wind speed in China: 1969-2005

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-358

  Guo, Hua ^a   Xu, Ming ^a,c   Hu, Qi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Monsoon; Pressure gradient force; Urban effects; Wind speed decline

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; CHINA; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL AREA; DATA SETS; DUST STORM; FRICTIONAL EFFECTS; GRADIENT FORCE; LIGHT WIND; MONSOON; MONSOON WINDS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NORTHERN CHINA; PRIMARY SOURCES; RURAL STATIONS; SEASONAL MEAN; STRONG WINDS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; URBAN EFFECT; URBAN STATIONS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DECLINE; WIND STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; SPEED; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79951841931     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2091     Document Type: Article

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