On the statistical significance of surface air temperature trends in the Eurasian Arctic region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Franzke, C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; DATA ARCHIVES; ICELANDS; NULL MODEL; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WEATHER STATION;

ICELAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84870941835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054244     Document Type: Article

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