On the development and use of homogenized climate datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1429-1434

  Easterling, David R ^a   Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATASET; HOMOGENEITY;

EID: 0030429575     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1429:OTDAUO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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