Spatial analysis of mean temperature trends in Spain over the period 1961-2006

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 65-75

  del Rio S ^a   Herrero, L ^a   Pinto Gomes, C ^b   Penas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mann Kendall test; Ordinary kriging; Spain; Spatial temperature trends

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; LEAST-SQUARE FITTING; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NON-PARAMETRIC; ORDINARY KRIGING; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICAL TOOLS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER STATIONS;

INTERPOLATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STREAM FLOW;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KRIGING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 79959851100     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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