Trends in Canadian surface temperature variability in the context of climate change

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-162

  Turner, Jessica K ^a   Gyakum, J R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 77957600860     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/AO1102.2010     Document Type: Article

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