The decreasing wind speed in southwestern China during 1969-2009, and possible causes

Quaternary International

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-84

  Xiaomei, Yang ^a   Zongxing, Li ^a,b,c   Qi, Feng ^b   Yuanqing, He ^b   Wenlin, An ^b,c   Wei, Zhang ^b,c   Weihong, Cao ^b,c   Tengfei, Yu ^b,c   Yamin, Wang ^b,c   Theakstone, Wilfred H ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 84861481004     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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