Defining heat waves - Different approaches

Geographia Polonica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-63

  Kuchcik, Magdalena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Definitions of heat wave; Extreme weather; Poland; Synoptic approach; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THRESHOLD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33751080868     PISSN: 00167282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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