Climate variability and the frequency of extreme temperature events for nine sites across Canada: Implications for power usage

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2490-2502

  Colombo, Andrew F ^a   Etkin, David ^b   Karney, Bryan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY USE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033172630     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2490:cvatfo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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