Study on spatiotemporal changes of extreme temperature events in Loess Plateau

Journal of Natural Disasters

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6-7

  Li, Zhi ^a   Zheng, Fen Li ^b   Liu, Wen Zhao ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Change trend; Extreme temperature events; Loess Plateau; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84860856647     PISSN: 10044574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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