Analysis of the merging procedure for the MSU daily temperature time series

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2016-2041

  Christy, John R ^a   Spencer, Roy W ^b   Lobl, Elena S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric temperature; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032462421     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.2016     Document Type: Article

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