Comparison of tropospheric temperatures from radiosondes and satellites: 1979-98

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2165-2177

  Hurrell, James W ^a   Brown, Simon J ^b   Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Christy, John R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0001244986     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2165:COTTFR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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