Climate coupling between temperature, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover over the Canadian prairies

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13,305-13,326

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Desjardins, Raymond ^b   Worth, Devon ^b   Beckage, Brian ^c  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84919608064     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022511     Document Type: Article

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