The effects of data gaps on the calculated monthly mean maximum and minimum temperatures in the continental United States: A spatial and temporal study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 1524-1533

  Stooksbury, David E ^a,b   Idso, Craig D ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; DATA GAPS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032883627     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1524:teodgo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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