Precipitation measurements and trends in the twentieth century

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1889-1922

  New, Mark ^a   Todd, Martin ^b   Hulme, Mike ^c   Jones, Phil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Precipitation; Satellite; Surface gauge; Twentieth century trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GAUGE MEASUREMENTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0035712212     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.680     Document Type: Article

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