Trends and variability of daily temperature extremes during 1960-2012 in the Yangtze River Basin, China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-94

  Guan, Yinghui ^a,b   Zhang, Xunchang ^c   Zheng, Fenli ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate indices; Climate variability; Temperature extremes; Trends; Yangtze River Basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TRENDS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84918824065     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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