An empirical study of geographic and seasonal variations in diurnal temperature range

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3205-3221

  Jackson, Lawrence S ^a   Forster, Piers M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MEAN VALUES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION CURVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TROPICAL REGIONS; VEGETATION TYPE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 77955486567     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3215.1     Document Type: Article

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