Trend analysis of long-term temperature time series in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-327

  Mohsin, Tanzina ^a   Gough, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WARMING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 77955092930     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0214-x     Document Type: Article

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