Climate trends of the North American prairie pothole region 1906-2000

Climatic Change

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 243-267

  Millett, Bruce ^a   Johnson, W Carter ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WETLANDS;

AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; CANADIAN PRAIRIES; CLIMATE TRENDS; CONTINENTAL CLIMATES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; ECOREGIONS; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; FUTURE CLIMATES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE GRADIENTS; NORTH AMERICANS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TIME AND SPACES; TWENTIETH CENTURIES; WEATHER STATIONS; WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS;

MOISTURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; MOISTURE; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 60849132767     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9543-5     Document Type: Article

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