Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-199

  Jones, P D ^a   New, M ^a   Parker, D E ^b   Martin, S ^c   Rigor, I G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 0032876137     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG900002     Document Type: Article

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