Observed tendencies in maximum and minimum temperatures in Zacatecas, Mexico and possible causes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-221

  Brito Castillo, Luis ^a,b   Díaz Castro, Sara C ^a   Ulloa Herrera, Raúl S ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cooling; Diurnal temperature range; Trend; Warming; Zacatecas

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CLIMATE STATIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; FASTER RATES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; GLOBAL LEVELS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TREND; WARMING; ZACATECAS; ZACATECAS , MEXICO;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COOLING; FLOW PATTERNS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COOLING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ZACATECAS;

EID: 66049114962     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1733     Document Type: Article

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