Ground surface temperatures in Canada: Spatial and temporal variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Beltrami, Hugo ^a   Gosselin, C ^b   Mareschal, J C ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SUBSURFACE THERMAL REGIMES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPTH; ENERGY BALANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CANADA;

EID: 0042786174     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017144     Document Type: Article

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