Characteristics of climate change in southwest China karst region and their potential environmental impacts

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 937-944

  Lian, Yanqing ^a   You, Gene Jiing Yun ^b   Lin, Kairong ^c   Jiang, Zhongcheng ^d   Zhang, Cheng ^d   Qin, Xiaoqun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Change trend; Climate change; Environmental impact; Karst; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER RESOURCES;

CHANGE TRENDS; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; KARST; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; SOUTHWEST CHINA; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; KARST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84932198066     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3847-8     Document Type: Article

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