Detrended fluctuation analysis of daily atmospheric surface temperature records in Atlantic Canada

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-191

  Suteanu, Cristian ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Canada; atmospheric surface temperature; detrended fluctuation analysis; scaling

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957513916     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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