Associations of diurnal temperature range change with the leading climate variability modes during the Northern Hemisphere wintertime and their implication on the detection of regional climate trends

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Qigang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; GRID-BOX; MULTI-MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL RESPONSE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WINTER SEASONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WINTER;

EID: 77957727240     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014026     Document Type: Article

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