Trends in record-breaking temperatures for the conterminous United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Rowe, Clinton M ^a   Derry, Logan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD DEFINITIONS; WARMING CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865659014     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052775     Document Type: Article

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