Heat waves in central Europe (1991-2006)

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 261-272

  Twardosz, Robert ^a   Batko, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Heat waves; Maximum temperature; Minimum temperature; Tropical nights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872700281     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2012.049430     Document Type: Article

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