Joint analysis of changes in temperature and precipitation on the Loess Plateau during the period 1961–2011

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 3221-3234

  Miao, Chiyuan ^a,b   Sun, Qiaohong ^a,b   Duan, Qingyun ^a,b   Wang, Yafeng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Copula; Extreme events; Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84958773970     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3022-x     Document Type: Article

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