Recent temperature and precipitation increases in West Siberia and their association with the Arctic Oscillation

Polar Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-300

  Frey, Karen E ^a   Smith, Laurence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

EURASIA; SIBERIA; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

EID: 0347930467     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2003.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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