Surface temperature and humidity trends in Canada for 1953-2005

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5100-5113

  Vinvent, Lucie A ^a   van Wijngaarden, William A ^b   Hopkinson, Ron ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Custom Climate Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; PSYCHROMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEWPOINT; NIGHTTIME WARMING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HUMIDITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35649016084     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4293.1     Document Type: Article

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