Rates of temperature change in China during the past 2000 years

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1627-1634

  Ge, Quan Sheng ^a   Zhang, Xue Zhen ^a   Hao, Zhi Xin ^a   Zheng, Jing Yun ^a  

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

Author keywords

China; past 2000 years; rates of temperature change

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CHINA; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; LITTLE ICE AGE; PAST 2000 YEARS; RAPID COOLING; RATES OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE SERIES;

COOLING;

COOLING; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 80255129320     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4257-3     Document Type: Article

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