Trends and natural variability of spring onset in the coterminous united states as evaluated by a new gridded dataset of spring indices

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 8363-8378

  Ault, Toby R ^a   Schwartz, Mark D ^b   Zurita Milla, Raul ^c   Weltzin, Jake F ^d   Betancourt, Julio L ^d  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECULAR VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946202164     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00736.1     Document Type: Article

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