Evaluation of a long-term (1882-2005) equivalent temperature time series

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4476-4485

  Rogers, Jeffrey C ^a   Wang, Sheng Hung ^b   Coleman, Jill S M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE FLUX VARIATIONS; SUMMER CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEW POINT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOISTURE FLUX; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); COLUMBUS [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648819819     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4265.1     Document Type: Article

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