Long-term analysis of heat waves in Ukraine

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1642-1650

  Shevchenko, Olga ^a   Lee, Hyunjung ^b   Snizhko, Sergiy ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^b  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat wave duration; Heat wave intensity; Heat waves; Maximum daily air temperature; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ECONOMIC SECTORS; HEAT WAVES; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; UKRAINE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES;

LUHANSK [LUHANSK (ADS)]; LUHANSK [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84897912969     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3792     Document Type: Article

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