Understanding climate change on the California coast: Accounting for extreme daily events among long-term trends

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Potter, Christopher ^a  

^a CASA Systems 2100   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Central coast; Climate change; Daily temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941060365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2010018     Document Type: Article

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