Recent trends in maximum and minimum temperature threshold exceedences in the northeastern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1646-1660

  DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE DATA (1951-1993);

USA, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030440823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1646:RTIMAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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