Analysis of trends in maximum and minimum temperature, diurnal temperature range, and cloud cover over India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Roy, Shouraseni Sen ^a   Balling Jr , Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE (DTR); GREENHOUSE GASES; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SUMMER CLOUD;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25844460488     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022201     Document Type: Article

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