A temperature pattern classification in Patagonia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 765-773

  Coronato, F ^a   Bisigato, A ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH AMERICA, PATAGONIA;

EID: 0032525627     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980615)18:7<765::AID-JOC282>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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