Temperature changes over the past 2000 yr in China and comparison with the Northern Hemisphere

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1153-1160

  Ge, Q ^a   Hao, Z ^a   Zheng, J ^a   Shao, X ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84883759710     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1153-2013     Document Type: Article

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