The climate of death Valley, California

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1725-1739

  Roof, Steven ^a   Callagan, Charlie ^b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINE WATER; SNOW; STORMS; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURE; SWELTERING TEMPERATURE; WINTER STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0742286684     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-12-1725     Document Type: Article

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