Variability and trends in daily minimum and maximum temperatures and in the diurnal temperature range in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1951–2010

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 57-68

  Jaagus, Jaak ^a   Briede, Agrita ^b   Rimkus, Egidijus ^c   Remm, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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EID: 84887982018     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1041-7     Document Type: Article

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