Disappearing "alpine tundra" Köppen climatic type in the western United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Diaz, Henry F ^a   Eischeid, Jon K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CATEGORY; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

MOUNTAIN REGION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TUNDRA; WARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549006536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031253     Document Type: Article

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