On the definition of a heat wave

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 762-775

  Robinson, P J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

HEAT WAVES;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLOW; WAVE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035303562     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0762:OTDOAH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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