An unexpected pattern of distinct weekly periodicities in climatological variables in Germany

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Bäumer, Dominique ^a   Vogel, Bernhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC WEEKLY EMISSION CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; PERIODICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34547767416     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028559     Document Type: Article

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