Observed changes in the diurnal dewpoint cycles across North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2265-2268

  Schwartzman, Peter D ^a   Michaels, Patrick J ^a   Knappenberger, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICS;

DIURNAL DEWPOINT CYCLES; DEW POINTS; DEWPOINT; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; REGIONAL TRENDS; URBAN EFFECT;

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES;

DEWPOINT; DIURNAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032125034     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01843     Document Type: Article

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