Effects of urbanization on extreme warmest night temperatures during summer near Bohai

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 808-818

  Li, Qingxiang ^a   Huang, Jiayou ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

extreme climate events; extreme warmest night; GEV distribution; urbanization effect

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAT ISLAND; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

EID: 84893300156     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-013-0602-0     Document Type: Article

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