Reduced soil moisture contributes to more intense and more frequent heat waves in northern China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1197-1207

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Liu, Zhenyuan ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

heat wave; heat wave duration; heat wave frequency; multiple time scales; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937413544     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-4175-3     Document Type: Article

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