Historical threshold temperatures for Phoenix (urban) and Gila Bend (desert), central Arizona, USA

Climate Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-215

  Ruddell, D ^a   Hoffman, D ^b   Ahmad, O ^c   Brazel, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled natural human systems; Gila Bend; Phoenix; Temperature thresholds; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE; ARIZONA; ARIZONA , USA; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CLIMATE PATTERNS; FROST DAYS; GILA BEND; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; HEAT WAVES; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL EFFECTS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHOENIX; REGIONAL WEATHER; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SOUTHWEST USA; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FROST EFFECTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; WARMING; WEATHER STATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873032009     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01130     Document Type: Article

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