Trends in interdiurnal temperature variation for the central united states, 1945–1985

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-355

  Williams, Kay R S ^a,b   Parker, Kathleen C ^b,c  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central united states; Interdiurnal temperature variability; Synoptic climatology; Temperature variability trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343185439     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00082     Document Type: Article

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