General characteristics of climate changes during the past 2000 years in China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 321-329

  Ge, QuanSheng ^a   Zheng, JingYun ^a   Hao, ZhiXin ^a   Liu, HaoLong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

past 2000 years; precipitation (wet dry); temperature (cold warm); uncertainties

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PAST 2000 YEARS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84873158520     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4370-y     Document Type: Article

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