Changes of diurnal temperature range in taiwan and their large-scale associations: Univariate and multivariate trend analyses

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-226

  Weng, Shu Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77953521275     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-206     Document Type: Article

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