Temperature trends of the U.S. historical climatology network based on satellite-designated land use/land cover

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1344-1348

  Gallo, Kevin P ^a,b   Owen, Timothy W ^b   Easterling, David R ^b   Jamason, Paul F ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAPPING; NAVIGATION CHARTS; SURVEYS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND COVER; LAND USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032835390     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1344:TTOTUS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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