Variations in surface air temperature observations in the Arctic, 1979-97

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 896-914

  Rigor, Ignatius G ^a   Colony, Roger L ^b   Martin, Seelye ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; INTERPOLATION;

SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033938283     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0896:VISATO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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