Satellite observations indicate rapid warming trend for lakes in California and Nevada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Schneider, P ^b   Hook, S J ^b   Radocinski, R G ^b   Corlett, G K ^a   Hulley, G C ^b   Schladow, S G ^c   Steissberg, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALONG-TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; CALIFORNIA; GLOBAL SCALE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LARGE LAKES; LONG TERM DATA RECORD; MINIMUM SURFACES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; THERMAL INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; LAKES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049106903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040846     Document Type: Article

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