Assessment of global warming on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Trends in minimum, maximum and mean temperatures since 1944

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-355

  Martín, José L ^a   Bethencourt, José ^a   Cuevas Agulló, Emilio ^b  

^a Canary Islands Agency for Climate Change and Sustainable Development   (Spain)

^b Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre AEMET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; CONTINENTAL AREA; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; GROWTH TRENDS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TENERIFE;

CLOUDS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRATOCUMULUS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84865418161     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0407-7     Document Type: Article

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