Observed 1970-2005 cooling of summer daytime temperatures in coastal California

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3558-3573

  Lebassi, Bereket ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge ^a,f   Fabris, Drazen ^a   Maurer, Edwin ^a   Miller, Norman ^b   Milesi, Cristina ^c   Switzer, Paul ^d   Bornstein, Robert ^e  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BASINS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL SITES; COASTAL UPWELLING; COMPLEX PATTERN; COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PROGRAMS; DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; LOW FREQUENCY; MARINE AIR; MODEL T; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; RADIATIVE FORCING; REANALYSIS; REVERSE REACTIONS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA-BREEZE; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA BREEZE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749137588     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2111.1     Document Type: Article

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