Central England temperatures: Long-term variability and teleconnections

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-403

  Benner, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central England temperature; ENSO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Solar irradiance; Spectra; Spectral analyses; Sunspots; Wavelet analyses

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUNSPOT; TELECONNECTION; WAVELET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033616512     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19990330)19:4<391::AID-JOC365>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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