Spatial and temporal variability of daily temperature in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-24

  Sang, Yan Fang ^a,b  

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

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diurnal temperature range; Temperature; Trend; Urbanization; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; HANGZHOU BAY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEAN VALUES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; THREE TEMPERATURE; TREND; URBANIZATION; VARIABILITY PATTERNS; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84860820996     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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