Spatial and temporal trends in sunshine duration over Western Europe (1938-2004)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6089-6098

  Sanchez Lorenzo, Arturo ^a   Calbó, Josep ^b   Martin Vide, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORIGINAL SERIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEASONAL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL MEANS; SUNSHINE DURATIONS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60749088899     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2442.1     Document Type: Article

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