Regional climate change and local urbanization effects on weather variables in Southeast China

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-565

  Chen, Ji ^a   Li, Qinglan ^a   Niu, Jun ^a   Sun, Liqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate change; Least squares regression; Sen slope method; Southeast China; Urbanization effect

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SLOPE METHOD; SOUTHEAST CHINA; URBANIZATION EFFECT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUMMER; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79952992790     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0421-0     Document Type: Article

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