Analysis of surface air temperature warming rate of China in the last 50 years (1962–2011) using k-means clustering

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 785-796

  Jinming, Feng ^a   Yonghe, Liu ^b   Zhongwei, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84940272426     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1216-x     Document Type: Article

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