Spatio-temporal characteristics of temperature and precipitation in Sichuan Province, Southwestern China, 1960-2009

Quaternary International

Volumn 286, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-115

  Wang, Shijin ^a   Jiao, Shitai ^b   Xin, Huijuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Baise University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84872610373     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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