Variations of temperature and precipitation extremes in recent two decades over China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 143-154

  Xu, Xin ^a   Du, Yugang ^a   Tang, Jianping ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Extreme events; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DRY SEASONS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NORTH CHINA; NORTHEAST CHINA; NORTHWEST CHINA; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; RAINY SEASONS; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WARM NIGHTS; YANGTZE RIVER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATIC REGION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA;

EID: 79957933715     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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