Diurnal temperature range variation and its causes in a semiarid region from 1957 to 2006

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-354

  Wang, Fuxing ^a,b   Zhang, Chi ^a   Peng, Yong ^a   Zhou, Huicheng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Causes; Climate variation; Diurnal temperature range; Long term; Semiarid region

Indexed keywords

CAUSES; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; LONG-TERM; SEMI-ARID REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE;

ARID REGIONS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84893637238     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3690     Document Type: Article

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