China experiencing the recent warming hiatus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 889-898

  Li, Qingxiang ^a   Yang, Su ^a   Xu, Wenhui ^a   Wang, Xiaolan L ^b   Jones, Phil ^c,d   Parker, David ^e   Zhou, Liming ^f   Feng, Yang ^b   Gao, Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; hiatus; temperature

Indexed keywords

SUN; TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; COOLING TRENDS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EXTREME TEMPERATURE INDICES; HIATUS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; SOUTHWEST CHINA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIATUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA;

EID: 84925115790     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062773     Document Type: Article

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