Asymmetry of daily temperature records

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3327-3336

  Ashkenazy, Yosef ^a   Feliks, Yizhak ^b   Gildor, Hezi ^c   Tziperman, Eli ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COLD AIRS; COLD FRONTS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; HIGH LATITUDES; MEAN TEMPERATURES; MID LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; RADIATIVE RELAXATIONS; RAPID WARMING; RE ANALYSES; WARM AIRS; WARM FRONTS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

COLD FRONT; CYCLONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARM FRONT;

EID: 56849104613     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2662.1     Document Type: Article

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