Relating changes in agricultural practices to increasing dew points in extreme Chicago heat waves

Climate Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-254

  Changnon, David ^a   Sandstrom, Michael ^a   Schaffer, Charles ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Climate variability; Evapotranspiration; Short duration heat waves; Surface dew point temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEW POINT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXTREME EVENT;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242338399     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr024243     Document Type: Article

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