Spatial differentiation of air temperature in Poland using circulation types and GIS

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1529-1546

  Ustrnul, Zbigniew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate mapping; GIS techniques; Spatial distribution; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MAPPING; MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33749320064     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1393     Document Type: Article

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