Change trends of temperature and precipitation in the Loess Plateau Region of China, 1961-2010

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-147

  Wang, Qi xiang ^a   Fan, Xiao hui ^a   Qin, Zuo dong ^a   Wang, Meng ben ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Loess Plateau; Mann Kendall test; Mann Whitney test; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CHANGE TRENDS; CHANGING TRENDS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; LOESS PLATEAU; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MANN-WHITNEY; SOIL AND WATER LOSS; SUB-REGIONS; WETTING GRADIENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WETTING;

DRYING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84861990872     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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