Climatic conditions in northern Canada: Past and future

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Prowse, Terry D ^a   Furgal, Chris ^b   Bonsai, Barrie R ^c   Edwards, Thomas W D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; EMISSION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68649108907     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.5.257     Document Type: Article

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