Climate trends in indices for temperature and precipitation across New York State, 1948-2008

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-257

  Insaf, T Z ^a,b   Lin, S ^a,b   Sheridan, S C ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extremes; Precipitation; Temperature; Trend indicators

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874366975     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-011-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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