Enhanced temperature variability in high-altitude climate change

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-508

  Ohmura, Atsumu ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONDENSATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84870390932     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0687-x     Document Type: Article

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