Spatial and temporal variations of regional high temperature events in China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3054-3065

  Wang, Yanjiao ^a   Ren, Fumin ^b   Zhang, Xuebin ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Objective identification technique; Regional high temperature event; Spatial and temporal variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EVENTS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION; REGIONAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84905009830     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3893     Document Type: Article

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