Extreme temperature days in the south-central United States

Climate Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-162

  Henderson, Keith G ^a   Muller, Robert A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Extreme temperature; South central United States

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN;

USA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031431172     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr008151     Document Type: Article

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