Relations between temperature and residential natural gas consumption in the Central and Eastern United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1993-2013

  Timmer, Reed P ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NATURAL GAS;

DAYS BELOW PERCENTILE; GAS CONSUMPTION; HEATING DEGREE-DAYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CORRELATION; DEREGULATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NATURAL GAS; PREDICTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049187760     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1552.1     Document Type: Article

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