Regional patterns of temperature and precipitation for Newfoundland and Labrador during the past century

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-364

  Banfield, Colin E ^a   Jacobs, John D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Newfoundland and Labrador; Past century; Precipitation; Subregional; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL PATTERN; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 0032321561     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1998.tb01351.x     Document Type: Article

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