supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB952000 and 2009CB421401);the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05090100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41005039 and 40810059003)
The temperature thresholds and timings of the 24 climatic Solar Terms in China are determined from a homogenized dataset of the surface air temperature recorded at 549 meteorological stations for the period 1960-2008 ...