Canadian historical and homogeneous temperature datasets for climate change analyses

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1375-1388

  Vincent, Lucie A ^a   Gullett, D W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Database; Homogeneity; Temperature; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; HOMOGENEITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

CANADA;

EID: 0033400277     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199910)19:12<1375::AID-JOC427>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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