Temperature and precipitation changes in different environments in the arid region of northwest China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 589-596

  Li, Baofu ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Shi, Xun ^c   Chen, Zhongsheng ^a   Li, Weihong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; DETECTION METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; OASIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84876453047     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0753-4     Document Type: Article

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