Homogeneity adjustments of in situ atmospheric climate data: A review

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1493-1517

  Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Easterling, David R ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Groisman, Pavel ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^b   Plummer, Neil ^b   Torok, Simon ^c   Auer, Ingeborg ^d   Boehm, Reinhard ^d   Gullet, Donald ^e   Vincent, Lucie ^e   Heino, Raino ^f   Tuomenvirta, Heikki ^f   Mestre, Olivier ^g   Szentimrey, Tamás ^h   Salinger, James ⁱ   Førland, Eirik J ^j   Hanssen Bauer, Inger ^j   Alexandersson, Hans ^k   Jones, Philip ^l   Parker, David ^m   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g SCEM CBD   (France)

^h HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^j NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^k SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOMOGENEITY;

EID: 0032534197     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19981115)18:13<1493::AID-JOC329>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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