A decadal shift of summer surface air temperature over Northeast Asia around the mid-1990s

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 735-742

  Chen, Wei ^a,b   Lu, Riyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

decadal shift; mid 1990s; Northeast Asia; South China rainfall; surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901350837     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-3154-4     Document Type: Article

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