Potential causes of differences between ground and surface air temperature warming across different ecozones in Alberta, Canada

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 79-91

  Majorowicz, Jacek A ^a   Skinner, Walter R ^b  

^a Northern Geothermal   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecozones; Ground surface temperature warming; Ground temperature logs; Surface air temperature warming

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0030658777     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(97)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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