Evaluation of background and urban warming trends based on centennial temperature data in Japan

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-56

  Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84880443063     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: 18806643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.63.43     Document Type: Article

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