Impact of urbanization on changes in temperature extremes in Beijing during 1978-2008

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 4679-4686

  Wang, Jun ^a   Yan, ZhongWei ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Liu, WeiDong ^b   Wang, YingChun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; nighttime light; temperature extreme; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882755538     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5976-y     Document Type: Article

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