Interpretation of interdecadal trends in Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-259

  Wallace, John M ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Bajuk, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; DYNAMICALLY INDUCED ANOMALY; HEMISPHERE DATA; INTERSEASONAL TIME SERIES; TEMPERATURE DATA (1900- 1993); TEMPERATURE TREND;

EID: 0029754639     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0249:IOITIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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