Statistical representation of temperature mean and variability in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yiou, P ^a   Dacunha Castelle, D ^b   Parey, S ^c   Hoang, T T Huong ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; INTERANNUAL; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEAN VARIANCE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; WARM SEASONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66149190835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036836     Document Type: Article

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