Climatology of Persistent Positive Temperature Anomalies for the Contiguous United States (1950-1995)

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-195

  Choi, Jongnam ^a   Meentemeyer, Vernon ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Heatwave; Persistent Positive Temperature Anomaly (PPTA); United States

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142027704     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.3.175     Document Type: Article

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