Observed changes in daily temperature and precipitation indices for southern Québec, 1960-2005

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-256

  Yagouti, Abderrahmane ^a   Boulet, Gilles ^b   Vincent, Lucie ^c   Vescovi, Luc ^a   Mekis, Éva ^c  

^a Consortium Ouranos ^*  (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WARMING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 47249107743     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.460204     Document Type: Article

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