Changes in annual and seasonal temperature extremes in the arid region of China, 1960-2010

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1913-1930

  Wang, Huaijun ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Chen, Zhongshen ^a   Li, Weihong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mann Kendall test; Sen's slope estimates; Temperature extremes; The arid region

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84871934349     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0454-4     Document Type: Article

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