Climatic change on King George Island in the years 1948-2011

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-235

  Kejna, Marek ^a   Araźny, Andrzej ^a   Sobota, Ireneusz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air pressure; Air temperature; Antarctic; Climate; Precipitation; Sea surface temperature; Sea ice; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84878719247     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2013-0004     Document Type: Article

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