How can meteorological observations and microclimate simulations improve understanding of 1913-2010 climate change around Abisko, Swedish Lapland?

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-463

  Yang, Zhenlin ^a,b   Hanna, Edward ^a   Callaghan, Terry V ^a,c   Jonasson, Christer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Climate change; Sweden; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; RADIATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SWEDEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; METEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ABISKO; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN; TORNE LAKE;

EID: 84870710062     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.276     Document Type: Article

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