A new global gridded radiosonde temperature data base and recent temperature trends

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1499-1502

  Parker, D E ^a   Gordon, M ^a   Cullum, D P N ^a   Sexton, D M H ^a   Holland, C K ^a   Rayner, N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

TROPOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE DATA;

DATABASE; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE TREND;

AUSTRALASIA;

EID: 0031154006     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01186     Document Type: Article

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