Spatial and temporal characteristics of minimum temperature in winter in China during 1961-2010 from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 207-216

  Wu, Shuhong ^a   Lu, Aigang ^b   Li, Longqing ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Space Civil and Building Engineering Design and Research Institute Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL WARMING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84859104050     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0525-6     Document Type: Article

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