Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China

Climate Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Ren, G ^a   Guan, Z ^b   Shao, X ^c   Gong, D Y ^d  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation anomalies; Climate change; Climate model; Hazard risk; Observation; Paleo record; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; CLIMATE RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; PALEO-RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RESEARCH RESULTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84555191829     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01067     Document Type: Review

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