Summer 2009 thermal and bioclimatic conditions in Ebba Valley, central Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-348

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a   Kolendowicz, Leszek ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bioclimate; Spitsbergen; Topoclimate; Wind chill

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

PENE; PETUNIA;

EID: 78751531637     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-010-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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