Changes of temperature and precipitation extremes in hengduan mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 1961-2008

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 422-436

  Ning, Baoying ^a,b   Yang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Chang, Li ^a,b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate extremes; Global warming; Hengduan Mountains; Precipitation; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHALULI MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 84863951262     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-012-0549-6     Document Type: Article

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