Winter temperature extremes in China and their possible causes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1444-1455

  You, Qinglong ^a,b,c   Ren, Guoyu ^b   Fraedrich, Klaus ^c   Kang, Shichang ^a   Ren, Yuyu ^b   Wang, Pengling ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Atmospheric circulation; China; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH REANALYSIS; CHINA; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84876328374     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3525     Document Type: Article

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