A blended satellite-in situ near-global surface temperature dataset

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2157-2164

  Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Basist, Alan N ^a   Williams, Claude N ^a   Grody, Norman C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0012875477     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2157:ABSSNS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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