Summer temperature variations in the European Alps, A.D. 755-2004

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5606-5623

  Büntgen, Ulf ^a   Frank, David C ^a   Nievergelt, Daniel ^a   Esper, Jan ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; COSMIC RAYS;

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MULTICENTENNIAL VARIATION; REGIONAL CURVE STANDARDIZATION METHOD; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 33745893558     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3917.1     Document Type: Article

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