• Progress in Geography
  • Vol. 39, Issue 1, 36 (2020)
Xi CHEN1、1、2、2, Ning LI1、1、2、2、*, Chengfang HUANG1、1、2、2, Jiawei LIU3、3, and Zhengtao ZHANG4、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1.Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 1.北京师范大学地理科学学部环境演变与自然灾害教育部重点实验室,北京 100875
  • 2.Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs & Ministry of Education, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
  • 2.北京师范大学地理科学学部减灾与应急管理研究院,北京 100875
  • 3.Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD) / Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME) / Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
  • 3.南京信息工程大学气象灾害预报预警与评估协同创新中心/气象灾害教育部重点实验室/气候与环境变化国际合作联合实验室,南京 210044
  • 4.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4.中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所, 北京 100101
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    DOI: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2020.01.004 Cite this Article
    Xi CHEN, Ning LI, Chengfang HUANG, Jiawei LIU, Zhengtao ZHANG. Projection of heatwaves by the combined impact of humidity and temperature in China[J]. Progress in Geography, 2020, 39(1): 36 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xi CHEN, Ning LI, Chengfang HUANG, Jiawei LIU, Zhengtao ZHANG. Projection of heatwaves by the combined impact of humidity and temperature in China[J]. Progress in Geography, 2020, 39(1): 36
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