Spatial and temporal variations of temperature and precipitation in the arid region of northwest China from 1960-2010

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 362-371

  Li, Baofu ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Chen, Zhongsheng ^a   Zhang, Baohuan ^a   Guo, Bin ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Decade; Elevation; Latitude; Longitude; Seasonal trend

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; ELEVATION; LATITUDE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84875672674     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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