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    <Author>Zhang, D.</Author>
    <Publication_Date>1980</Publication_Date>
    <Title>Winter temperature changes during the last 500 years in south China</Title>
    <Series>Chinese Science Bulletin</Series>
    <Volume>6</Volume>
    <Pages>497–500</Pages>
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  <Summary>
    <Abstract>The characteristics of the winter temperature changes in eight regions south of the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River in China during the last 500 years, based on the winter temperature indices or severe winter sequences, have been discussed in this paper.</Abstract>
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