Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes during 1959-2008 in Shanxi, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 283-303

  Fan, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Qixiang ^a   Wang, Mengben ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANXI;

EID: 84862830300     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0577-7     Document Type: Article

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