Increased Variability in Cold-Season Temperature since the 1930s in Subtropical China

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 26; no. 13; pp. 4749 - 4757
• Main Authors: Duan, Jianping, Zhang, Qi-Bin, Lv, Li-Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.07.2013
• Subjects: China; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Climate system; Climatic data; Climatic extremes; Climatology; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Cold; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Dendroclimatology; Earth, ocean, space; Economic development; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Extreme cold; Global warming; Growth rings; Indicators; Laboratories; Meteorology; Networks; Paleoclimatology; Precipitation; Sample size; Sampling; Seasons; Siberian High; Statistical variance; Studies; Subtropics; Temperature; Temperature extremes; Tree rings; Trees; Winter; Far East; Asia; China; Europe; time series analysis; Century 20th; Dendroclimatology; Historical reconstruction; trend-surface analysis; Atmospheric temperature; extreme value; Occurrence frequency; Century 19th; climate variability; subtropical zone

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