Trimming problems and remedies in COADS

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1980-1997

  Wolter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COADS; DATA SETS;

EID: 0031200808     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1980:TPARIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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