Diurnal temperature range in the Arctic and its relation to hemispheric and Arctic circulation patterns

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-253

  Przybylak, Rajmund ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmospheric circulation changes; Diurnal temperature range; Spatial changes; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034113399     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(20000315)20:3<231::AID-JOC468>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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