Analysis of extreme temperature events in the Qinling Mountains and surrounding area during 1960-2012

Quaternary International

Volumn 392, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-167

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Mu, Xingmin ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Zhao, Guangju ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Cold indices; Extreme temperature; Northern and southern regions of Qinling Mountains (NSQ); Variation trend; Warm indices

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT ISLAND; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84946171857     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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