Global historical climatology network (GHCN) quality control of monthly temperature data

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1169-1179

  Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Vose, Russell ^b   Schmoyer, Richard ^c   Razuvaëv, Vyachevslav ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032439984     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199809)18:11<1169::AID-JOC309>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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