Global climate change and variability and its influence on Alpine climate - Concepts and observations

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-243

  Wanner, H ^a,c   Rickli, R ^a,d   Salvisberg, E ^a,d   Schmutz, C ^a,d   Schuepp M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b University of Canterbury ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d Geographisches Institut   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE CLIMATE; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; VARIATION;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0031409945     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00865022     Document Type: Article

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