Trends in nordic and arctic temperature extremes and ranges

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 977-990

  Tuomenvirta, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033937817     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0977:TINAAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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