Heat waves in the United States: Definitions, patterns and trends

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 811-825

  Smith, Tiffany T ^a   Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^a   Gohlke, Julia M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT WAVES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN HEALTH; LAND AREAS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NORTH AMERICAN LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; STANDARD DEFINITIONS;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXTREME EVENT; INDEX METHOD; TEMPORAL PERIOD; THRESHOLD; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878372940     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0659-2     Document Type: Article

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