Adjusting urban bias in the regional mean surface temperature series of South Korea, 1968-99

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 577-591

  Choi, Youngeun ^a   Jung, Hyun Sook ^b   Nam, Kyung Yeub ^a   Kwon, Won Tae ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse gases; Inhomogeneity; Median rank score; Regional surface temperature series; South Korea; Urban bias

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN PLANNING;

URBAN BIASES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CORRECTION; HEAT ISLAND; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0038404959     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.881     Document Type: Article

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