Changes in climate extremes, variability and signature on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Climatic Change

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 309-329

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE ANALYSIS; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ISLAND; PLANT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SOIL WATER; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; WATER CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 37549023041     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9259-y     Document Type: Article

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