A central-U.S. summer extreme dew-point climatology (1949-2000)

Physical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-207

  Sandstrom, Michael A ^a   Lauritsen, Ryan G ^a   Changnon, David ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central United States; Climatology; Dew point; Extreme

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; DEW POINT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12444337588     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.25.3.191     Document Type: Article

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