Recent anomalies of mean temperature of 12 consecutive months - Germany, Europe, Northern Hemisphere

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Kundzewicz, Z W ^a   Gerstengarbe, F W ^a   Osterle H ^a   Werner, P C ^b   Fricke, W ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 62249177911     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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