Temperature and surface lapse rate change: A study of the UK's longest upland instrumental record

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 907-919

  Holden, Joseph ^a   Rose, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data homogenization; Lapse rate; Moor House; Peatland; Temperature; Uplands

Indexed keywords

DATA HOMOGENIZATION; LAPSE RATE; MOOR HOUSE; PEATLAND; UPLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HOUSES; OPTIMIZATION; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; PEATLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION; WARMING;

DURHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79954580289     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2136     Document Type: Article

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