Analysis of climate trends in North Carolina (1949-1998)

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 263-275

  Boyles, Ryan P ^a   Raman, Sethu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; North Carolina; Precipitation; Spatial analysis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLOUDS; FREEZING; PLANNING; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037410218     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00185-X     Document Type: Review

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