Weather patterns of the coastal zone of Petuniabukta, central Spitsbergen in the period 2008-2010

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-318

  Láska, Kamil ^a   Witoszová, Denisa ^a   Prošek, Pavel ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Solar radiation; Svalbard; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FJORD; GLACIER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; PETUNIABUKTA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84878068893     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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