Climatology of the daily temperature range annual cycle in the United States

Climate Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-211

  Leathers, Daniel J ^a   Palecki, Michael A ^b   Robinson, David A ^c   Dewey, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Daily temperature range; United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

USA;

EID: 0031817187     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr009197     Document Type: Article

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