Temporal change of climate zones in China in the context of climate warming

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Zhang, Xianliang ^a   Yan, Xiaodong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84891660234     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0887-z     Document Type: Article

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