Suppression of spring rain by surface greening over North China Plain

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2752-2758

  Zhang, Xuezhen ^a   Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Zheng, Jingyun ^a   Ge, Quansheng ^a   Mao, Rui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air stability; North China Plain; Spring rainfall; Surface greening

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; RAIN;

AIR STABILITY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE COOLING; VEGETATION INDEX; WETTING EFFECT;

WETTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; NDVI; RAINFALL; SPRING (SEASON);

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84938874556     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4169     Document Type: Article

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