On the consistency of trends in radiation and temperature records and implications for the global hydrological cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Wild, Martin ^a   Ohmura, Atsumu ^a   Gilgen, Hans ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LAND TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

HYDROLOGY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOISTURE; RADIATION BALANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4143149678     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019188     Document Type: Article

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