Statistical properties of the temperature, relative humidity, and net solar radiation in the Blue Nile-eastern Sudan region

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-409

  Xu, Chong Yu ^a,c   Zhang, Qiang ^b   El Hag El Tahir, M ^a   Zhang, Zengxin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BLUE NILE [SUDAN]; SUDAN;

EID: 77955094088     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0225-7     Document Type: Article

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