Asymmetry between trends in spring and autumn temperature and circulation regimes over western North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Abatzoglou, John T ^a   Redmond, K T ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTUMN; MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE; SPRING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; SPRING (SEASON); WARMING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36549063766     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030891     Document Type: Article

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