Recent climatology, variability, and trends in global surface humidity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3589-3606

  Dai, Aiguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

AIR PRESSURE; GLOBAL SURFACE HUMIDITY; LINEAR TRENDS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE AIR; VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748314787     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3816.1     Document Type: Article

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