A statistical estimate of daily mean temperature derived from a limited number of daily observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Zaiki, Masumi ^a   Kimura, Keiji ^a   Mikami, Takehiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC VARIATION; INHOMOGENEITIES; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; MAJOR FACTORS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

EID: 0037107316     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014378     Document Type: Article

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