Temporal homogenization of monthly radiosonde temperature data. Part I: Methodology

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-240

  Lanzante, John R ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a   Seidel, Dian J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

VISUAL EXAMINATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOSONDE;

EID: 0038712771     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0224:THOMRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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