Winter Air Temperature Change over the Terrestrial Arctic, 1961-1990

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-537

  Rawlins, Michael A ^a   Willmott, Cort J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 1242277731     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0530:WATCOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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