Analysis of hot spell characteristics in the Greek region

Climate Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-241

  Katsoulis, B D ^a   Hatzianastassiou, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Frequency; Hot spell; Magnitude; Statistical distributions; Synoptic weather conditions; Timing

Indexed keywords

SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20844437940     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr028229     Document Type: Article

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