Changes in precipitation extremes in alpine areas of the Chinese Tianshan Mountains, central Asia, 1961-2011

Quaternary International

Volumn 311, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-107

  Wang, Shengjie ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a   Sun, Meiping ^a   Wang, Baolong ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84884817813     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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