Analysis of temporal-spatial variation characteristics of extreme air temperature in Xinjiang, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-26

  Ling, Hongbo ^a,b   Xu, Hailiang ^a,b   Fu, Jinyi ^a,b   Zhang, Qingqing ^a,b   Xu, Xinwen ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84869507052     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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