Altitude dependency of trends of daily climate extremes in southwestern China, 1961-2008

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-430

  Li, Zongxing ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a   Theakstone, Wilfred H ^c   Wang, Xufeng ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Cao, Weihong ^a,b   Du, Jiankuo ^a,b   Xin, Huijuan ^a,b   Chang, Li ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

altitude dependency; climate; southwestern China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862157422     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0936-z     Document Type: Article

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