Spatial variability of the trends in climatic variables across China during 1961–2010

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 773-783

  Yang, Hanbo ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Hu, Qingfang ^b   Lv, Huafang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

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EID: 84939877724     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1208-x     Document Type: Article

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