The development of composite temperature records

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1227-1242

  Trewin, B C ^a,b   Trevitt, A C F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Long term climate; Minimum and maximum temperature; Temperature records

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE TREND; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RECORD;

EID: 0030411185     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199611)16:11<1227::AID-JOC82>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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