19. Record-breaking heat in Northwest China in July 2015: Analysis of the severity and underlying causes

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2016, Pages S97-S101

  Miao, Chiyuan ^a,b   Sun, Qiaohong ^a,b   Kong, Dongxian ^a,b   Duan, Qingyun ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION; NOCV1; NORTHWEST CHINA; THREE FOLDS; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85011659744     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0142.1     Document Type: Article

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