Long-term changes to incoming solar energy on the Canadian Prairie

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Cutforth, H W ^a   Judiesch, D ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bright sunshine; Climate trends; Global dimming brightening; Incoming solar radiation; Precipitation events

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447619667     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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