Complementary explanation of temperature response in the lower atmosphere

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Esau, Igor ^a,b   Davy, Richard ^a   Outten, Stephen ^a,b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b Centre for Climate Dynamics (SKD)   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; POLAR AMPLIFICATIONS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84871834803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044026     Document Type: Article

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