The historic record of cold spells in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 303-321

  Hickey, Kieran ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

climate change; Cold spells; historical climatology; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD REGION; EXTREME EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; VOLCANISM; WEATHER;

ICELAND; IRELAND;

EID: 84860904513     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2011.669348     Document Type: Article

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