Variations and trends in annual and seasonal air temperatures in Greece determined from ground and satellite measurements

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 65-78

  Proedrou, M ^a   Theoharatos, G ^a   Cartalis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SATELLITE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

GREECE;

EID: 0031446291     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00867977     Document Type: Article

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