Unbiased estimation of autocorrelations of daily meteorological variables

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2197-2203

  Zheng, Xiaogu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLE; TIME DOMAIN;

EID: 0030357857     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2197:UEOAOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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