Empirical modeling of spatial and temporal variation in warm season nocturnal air temperatures in two North Idaho mountain ranges, USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-269

  Holden, Zachary A ^a   Crimmins, Michael A ^b   Cushman, Samuel A ^c   Littell, Jeremy S ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold air drainage; PCA; Random Forest; Topoclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651424116     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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