Long-term variability of the temperature time series recorded in Lisbon

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-337

  Santos, João ^a   Leite, Solange ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate change; Extremes; Oscillations; Portugal; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449435162     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760802449159     Document Type: Article

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