Contemporary climate change in the Jordan Valley

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1051-1058

  Cohen, Shabtai ^a   Stanhill, Gerald ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRADIATION; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE RECORD;

JORDAN, JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 0030431235     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1051:CCCITJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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