Long-term changes of temperature extremes and day-to-day variability in Japan

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-72

  Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a   Yamazaki, Nobuo ^a,c   Kobayashi, Kenji ^b   Nakamigawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 63249136131     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: 18806643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.58.63     Document Type: Article

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